St. Tikhon’s University Review . Series III: Philology

The dialect of Gammalsvenskby is the only surviving Scandinavian dialect in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Due to the complete absence of studies into the present-day state of the dialect, the most urgent task is to collect, classify and publish the factual material. The paper introduces material on verbs in the present-day dialect. The classifi cation of infl ectional types is off ered together with lists of almost all verbs which have been recorded so far (ca. 600). The principal phonetic phenomena which have determined characteristic features of verb infl ection in the dialect are examined as well. The sources of the research are interviews with speakers of the dialect recorded by the author during fi eldwork in the village.

dialect of Gammalsvenskby, Scandinavian dialects, East Swedish dialects, Swedish dialects of Estonia, verb morphology, verb infl ection in Scandinavian dialects

Man'kov Aleksandr

Among numerous Byzantine Lives of St. John Chrysostom there are two, which are very similar. Both of them were written in the middle of 10 century, and one can come across the same phrases and expressions in them. One of them is longer and contains many additional details. How can we explain this phenomenon? Was the shorter Life the source of the other or did they both have a common source? The article attempts to answer this question.

Hagiography, Life, St. John Chrysostom, source, loanword

Balakhovskaia Aleksandra

The paper examines some syntactic features of “Teacher Samuel’s Diatribe”, the translation of which was made in Gennady circle in 1504. The author traces ways of translating the Latin patterns acc. cum inf., abl. abs. and others against a backround of the established Church Slavonic practices of translating these patterns. The comparison with the technique of Dmitry Gerasimov, one of the assumed translators of the text in question, is being drawn as well. The study of the individual style of the translator may provide arguments concerning the attribution of the translation.

Dmitry Gerasimov, Gennady circle, translation technique, translations from Latin, Church Slavonic language

Ziablitsyna Nataliia

Origen of Alexandria, the great Christian theologian and interpreter of Holy Scripture, is justly considered a fervent partisan of the allegorical method of exegesis. This method was strongly criticized by Origen’s opponents as arbitrary and based on a false pretension to possess an exclusive knowledge of a secret meaning of sacred text, intended by its Divine Author. Whether, in fact, Origen claims that he has received the supreme wisdom to instruct presbyters and elders of the church on the only right method of understanding Scripture and revealing its deepest truths?

Origen, exegesis of Scripture, Fathers of Church

Nesterova Ol'ga

In this article the structure of the services is discussed on the ground of the Greek manuscript Tropologion of 8–9 cc. and Menaia of 9–14 cc., mostly from the libraries of Sinai and Grottaferrata. The research has led to the following fi ndings. The services of the Tropologion of 8–9 cc. were organized by the liturgical order of the chants (στιχηρὰ εἰς Κύριε ἐκέκραξα —κανών — στιχηρὰ εἰς Αἰνεῖτε). Then in the Menaia of 9–11 cc.this structure was changed by another one — genre’s structure (κάθισμα — στιχηρὰ εἰς Κύριε ἐκέκραξα — κανών). In the manuscripts of 12 c. more often you can trace the liturgical order again. This liturgical structure prevailed from 13–14 cc. everywhere on the score of user comfort.

Byzantine hymnography, Tropologion, Menaion

Nikiforova Aleksandra

The article deals with the comparison of the adverbs mañana ‘tomorrow’, ahora, ahorita ‘now’ and their semantically and culturally relevant traits. Actualization of their meanings represents common and distinctive features in the attitude to time by Russian and Spanish native speakers and also by residents of Spain and of several countries of Latin America. The diminutive forms of the given adverbs of time are of special interest in this case, as the awareness of their semantic and pragmatic potential plays an important part in preventing possible communicative failures.

perception of time, attitude to time, culturally relevant meaning, meaning actualization, communicative failures, diminutive forms

Popova Evgeniia

The publication presents the second part of entries beginning in the letter “A”. It is the fragment of the dictionary of Christian words in Russian, which is being compiled by staff members of the Department of Philology and the Department of Theology of St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for the Humanities. The introductory article setting out the main principles of the work and the fi rst part of the entries were published in Issue 3 (25), 2011.

Dobrushina Ekaterina

“A Narrative of the Lord’s Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Black” (1785) is an early text of Black Аmerican literature and the Great Awakening of 1730s–1750s. Marrant’s revivalist spiritual autobiography being a typical example of the genre, includes a story of his conversion and preaching the gospel among Indian tribes.

Panova Ol'ga