Nikon of Jerusalem
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Nikon of Jerusalem | |||
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| Born | 1380 | ||
| Died | 1468 | ||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||
| Citizenship | Serbia | ||
| Occupation | Medieval writer | ||
Nikon of Jerusalem also known in Serbian as Nikon Jerusalem (Serbian: Никон Јерусалимац; c. 1380 – after 1468) was a Serbian medieval writer, probably of another origin than Serb.
Life and work
He was the clergyman who corresponded with Jelena Balšić intensively. In his epistles, written in a natural, personal tone, Nikon develops the theory of monastic life in hesychasm and the genealogy of the virtues of the Nemanjic lineage, claiming for his spiritual daughter that "a good offspring springs from good" roots". Their correspondence in the literary-aesthetic and spiritual sense is one of the very peaks of Serbian medieval epistolography. He compiled the Gorički zbornik (1441-1442) in which, in addition to these letters, he included translations and transcripts of some old works, as well as his travelogue A Tale of Jerusalem Churches and Places in the Desert in which, in addition to the topography of the Holy Land, he has condensed poetic and philosophical lyrics...
Nikon of Jerusalem also wrote Zitije svetog Simeona Mirotočivog (The Life of Saint Simeon).[1]His work can also be found in "The Hexaemeron of Nikon of Jerusalem in the Manuscript No 21 of the Savina Monastery|Monastery of Savina -- the Work "On the Creation of the World" by Severian of Gavalla in (Slavonic-Serbian|Serbian-Slavonic Translation".[2]
Translation into modern Serbian
- Povest tuđina i plenika, in: Miodrag Pavlović, "Antologija srpskog pesništva", SKZ, Belgrade, 1962.
- Two Epistles of Jelena Balšić and Nikonova "A Tale of Jerusalem Churches and Desert Places", translated by Đorđe Trifunović, Književna istorija, V, 18, Belgrade 1972, p. 289–327.
- Confession of faith, prev. from the Greek Bishop Atanasija (Jevtić), "Vidoslov" 13 (1998), 4.
- Same (Confession of Faith of Nikon of Jerusalem), trans. from the Serbo-Slavic Bishop Atanasija (Jevtić), „Svetigora“ 65–66 (1997), 5.
- Nikon answers Jelena Balšić when asked why Christians suffer from the wicked, prev. Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radović), "Svetigora" 91–93 (1999), 16.
- On the state of souls after death, trans. from the Serbo-Slavic Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radović), "Svetigora" 99 (2000), 19.
Literature
- Dimitrije Bogdanović: Istorija stare srpske književnosti, Beograd, SKZ, 1980.
- Dejan Mihailović: Byzantine Circle (Small Dictionary of Early Christian Literature in Greek, Byzantine and Old Serbian Literature), Belgrade, "Institute for Textbooks", 2009, p. 142-143.
- Hieromonk Jovan (Ćulibrk), Nikon Jerusalema and hesychastic tradition
References
- ↑ https://serbica.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr/images/stories/itije_svetoga_Simeona_Nemanje.pdf
- ↑ уметности), Византолошки институт (Српска академија наука и (February 20, 2008). "Зборник радова Византолошког института". Naučno delo – via Google Books.
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