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Kharkova, S. Yu. CHRISTIAN CHRONONYMS IN HEROIC EPICS: VESPERS AND MATINS. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2025;47(5):70–76. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2025.1201
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CHRISTIAN CHRONONYMS IN HEROIC EPICS: VESPERS AND MATINS
| Kharkova S. Yu. | Institute of Rus- sian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkinskij Dom) |
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Keywords: bylinas heroic epics Russian North matins vespers Christianity in heroic epics |
Summary: The article reflects on the Christian component of the heroic epics (bylinas), which has only recently
begun to be comprehensively studied. Heroic epics of the Russian North are analyzed for references to vespers and
matins. It is considered what formulas, motifs, and plots include these concepts. The findings indicate that, in their basic
semantics, vespers and matins mentioned in heroic epics literally refer to morning and evening church services, which
does not correspond to the church canon. These two related concepts are presented in the epics in a very contrasting
way. Their study contributes to a broader understanding of what realities of the Christian faith resonated with the poetics of heroic epics and were able to gain a foothold in their artistic world. It is suggested that references to vespers were incorporated into the epics at a late stage of their existence through the topos of “moving from one point to another between two church services”. |
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