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Greek Commemoration Prayer Inscription for Parthenios in the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid

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ID 117904
System Class Source
Case Study Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Provenance Serbian
Source Inscription

Description

Parthenios is commemorated in the prayer inscription for the sake of his salvation on the east wall of the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid near prothesis in the apse.

literature

Subotić 1971 — 107 (2)

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Source Translations (1)
Name Class Description
Greek Commemoration Prayer Inscription for Parthenios in the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid Source translation Μνήσθητι Κύριε τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ Παρθενίου ιἐρομονᾶχου καὶ κτητορος.
Actors (1)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Parthenios Person According to the inscription commemorating his portrayed mother he was a κῦρ. He was a hieromonk. His kinship and ktitorial activity can be reconstructed from several inscriptions found in the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid. According to the inscription above the south entrance to the church he was the ktitor of the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid ( Ἀνηγέρθη ἐκ βάθρων θεμελίων καὶ ανιστορίθη ὁ θείος καὶ πάνσεπτος ναὸς οὑτως θεοστέπτων βασιλέων καὶ ισαποστόλον Κωνσταντίνου καὶ Ἐλένης δια σηνδρομῆς, κόπου καὶ ἐξόδου τοῦ τιμιωτάτου Παρθενίου ιἔρομονάχου). Parthenios is commemorated in the prayer inscription for the sake of his salvation on the east wall of the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid near prothesis in the apse (Μνήσθητι Κύριε τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ Παρθενίου ιἐρομονᾶχου καὶ κτητορος). He, his mother Maria and his deceased son Michael are portrayed on the south wall of the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid with accompanying inscriptions.
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Ōhrid, Church of Sveti Konstantin i Elena Place The Hieromonk Parthenios founded the Church of Sveti Konstatin i Elena in Ōhrid in the second half of the 14th century.