New information about the liturgical tradition of St. John Vladimir

Abstract

The publication contains a more extensive study of the liturgical texts for St. John Vladimir. Its purpose is to summarize the current state of knowledge and present new information about the saint's Service. The article provides information about all known Greek and Slavic editions and copies of the Office today (four Greek editions and four copies; five Slavonic editions and six copies). Moreover, the focus is to present two recently identified texts in manuscripts from the library of the Zograph monastery – the late Slavonic Vita (Zographic Vita) and the Greek Akathist, both from the nineteenth century.