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Forgetting the Heretic: the Emperor Heraclius in the Byzantine Liturgical Tradition

    Anastasia Sirotenko

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 67, pp. 239-248, 2018/07/05

doi: 10.1553/joeb67s239

doi: 10.1553/joeb67s239

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doi:10.1553/joeb67s239



doi:10.1553/joeb67s239

Abstract

On the basis of the analysis of the Byzantine and Medieval Western liturgical books this article investigates the role Heraclius (610–641) and his dynasty played in the development of the Byzantine feast of the Exaltation of the True Cross, as well as the evolution of the image of this emperor in the Byzantine liturgical tradition. The paper suggests that the restoration of the Cross by Heraclius in Jerusalem strongly influenced the Byzantine liturgical practice of the Exaltation feast, and that some references to this act were made during the rule of the Heraclian dynasty, but were later eliminated from the liturgical books because for political and religious reasons. By contrast, the Western liturgical tradition of the Exaltation feast conserved a stage of the liturgy before these changes were made which represented (until Vatican II) an element of the heritage of the Monothelete period.

Published Online: 2018/07/05 07:01:23

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