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The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 10 August *Floros (martyr at Ulpiana, S00871), *Paulos (martyr in Ptolemais, S01535), and probably *Andreas Stratelates (martyr under Maximian, S00763).

Evidence ID

E03346

Type of Evidence
Major author/Major anonymous work

Georgian Lectionary of Jerusalem

თთუესა აგჳსტოსა ი̂. ფლოროჲს. პალოჲს. ანდრეს. სტრატოს.

August 10. Floros, Palus, Andreas, Stratosius [=Stratonikos?] (more plausibly Andreas Stratelates)

Text: Tarchnischvili 1960, 29; electronically edited by Gippert, http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/lekt/lektpar/lektp.htm; Translation: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://www.bombaxo.com/georgian.html; modified by N. Aleksidze.

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Service for the saint

Festivals

Saint’s feast

Bibliography


Edition:

Tarchnischvili, M. (ed.), Le grand lectionnaire de l'Église de Jérusalem (Ve-VIIIe siècle). Tome I. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. Scriptores Iberici, Tomus. 9 (Louvain, Sécretariat du CorpusCSO, 1959); Tome 2. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. Scriptores Iberici, Tomus. 13 (Louvain, Sécretariat du CorpusCSO, 1960).

Electronic Edition:

Gippert, J. (ed.),
Lectionarium Hirosolymitanum Magnum. Versione georgica e codice Parisiensi. The Old Georgian Lectionary as Contained in the Paris, Kal and Latal Manuscripts. Berlin/Bamberg/Frankfurt a/M, 1988-2004; TITUS version by Jost Gippert, Franfkurt a/M, 21.02.2004/21.02.2007.
http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/lekt/lektpar/lektp.htm

Translation:

Edgecomb, K.,
Georgian Lectionary.
http://www.bombaxo.com/georgian.html (12.07.2017).

Further Reading:

Buchinger, H., ‘Das Jerusalemer Sanctorale: Zu Stand und Aufgaben der Forschung’, in: M. Barnard, P. Post, and E. Rosein (eds.),
A Cloud of Witnesses: The Cult of Saints in Past and Present (Liturgia Condenda 18; Leuven: Peeters, 2005), 97-128 (GL on pp. 110-113).

Froyshov, S., “The Georgian Witness to the Jerusalem Liturgy: New Sources and Studies,” in: B. Groen, S. Hawkes-Teeples, and S. Alexopoulos (eds.),
Inquiries into Eastern Christian Worship: Selected Papers of the Second International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy Rome, 17-21 September 2008 (Leuven: Peeters, 2012), 227-69.

Galadza, D.,
Liturgy and Byzantinisation in Jerusalem (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017).

Galadza, D., "The Jerusalem Lectionary and the Byzantine Rite," in: B. Groen, D. Galadza, N. Glibetic, and G. Radle (eds.)
Rites and Rituals of the Christian East (Eastern Christian Studies 22; Leuven: Peeters, 2014), 181–199.

Garitte, G.,
Le Calendrier Palestino-Géorgien du Sinaiticus 34 (Xe siècle) (Bruxelles: Societé des Bollandistes, 1958).

Kekelidze, K., Иерусалимский Канонарь
[The Canonbook of Jerusalem] (Tbilisi: Losaberidze, 1912).

Verhelst, S., "La liturgie de Jérusalem à l'époque byzantine. Genèse et structure de l'année liturgique." PhD Dissertation, Jerusalem, 1999.

Verhelst, S., "Les lieux de station du lectionnaire de Jérusalem. 1ère partie: Les villages et fondations",
Proche-Orient chrétien 54 (2004), 13-70.

Verhelst, S.,
Les traditions judéo-chrétiennes dans la liturgie de Jérusalem, spécialement la Liturgie de saint Jacques Frère de Dieu (Leuven: Peeters, 2003).

Verhelst, S., "The Liturgy of Jerusalem in the Byzantine Period," in: O. Limor and G. Stroumsa (eds.),
Christians and Christianity in the Holy Land: From the Origins to the Latin Kingdom (Turnhout: Brepols, 2006), 421-462.


Record Created By

Nikoloz Aleksidze

Date of Entry

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00763Andreas Stratelates, martyr under MaximianადნრეUncertain
S00871Floros, Lauros and their companions, martyrs of UlpianaფლოროCertain
S01535Paulos and Iouliana/Juliana, martyrs of Ptolemais, ob. 270. პალოCertain


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