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Michael (3)

Μιχαήλ

Description

He lived in the second half of the 14th century. Michael is portrayed together with his father Parthenios and his grandmother Maria on the south wall of the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid. Near the image of Michael there is a greek inscription, which is commemorating his death (Ἐκοιμήθη ὁ δούλος τοῦ Θεοῦ Μιχαὴλ, ὁ ὑιὸς τοῦ Παρθενίου ἱερομοναχου καὶ κτήτορος).

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Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Ktitorial Composition of Pathenios, Maria and Michael in the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid with accompanying inscriptions Source The ktitorial composition of the donor Parthenios, his mother Maria and his deceased son Michael on the south wall of the Church of Saint Constantine and Helena in Ōhrid is accompanied with three greek commemorative inscriptions. The first one is a supplicant prayer for Maria, the mother of Parthenios (Δέησις τῆς δούλης τοῦ Θεοῦ Μαρίας πρεσβυτέρας, μήτηρ του κτήτορος τοῦ κὺρ Παρθενίου ἰἐρομοναχου). The second one is remembrance of the Michael, the deceased son of Parthenios (Ἐκοιμήθη ὁ δούλος τοῦ Θεοῦ Μιχαὴλ, ὁ ὑιὸς τοῦ Παρθενίου ἱερομοναχου καὶ κτήτορος). The third inscription commemorates Ioannes, the father of Parthenios (Μνήστητι Κύριε τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ κεκοιμημένου δούλου σου τοῦ φυλεστάτου τοῦ ἱερέως Ιωἅννου, πατὴρ δὲ τοῦ κτήτορος, Παρθενίου ἱἐρομοναχου).
Actors (1)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Parthenios Person ParentOf(ChildOf) 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.