Miscellanies of Old Believers and Orthodox spiritual verses in 20th – 21st centuries: from a gift text to a copy text
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-5294-2022-5-2-73-85
Abstract
The article is devoted to the tradition of giving spiritual verses as a gift, which arose among Old Believers and representatives of the Orthodox Church parish circle in the first half of the 20th century influenced by the genre of. The Old Believers’ miscellanies, called “Sticharniks”, kept in regional book collections or currently existing among believers, were used as the material. The place of the spiritual verse in the traditional process of donation is demonstrated, as well as the function of preserving the individual memory of the donator, which in the Old Believers and the Orthodox Church parish environment performed the handwritten “Sticharniki”.
Keywords
spiritual verses,
handwritten girl’s album,
exchange of gifts,
Old Believers,
Orthodox Church parish circle
Supporting agencies: The work was done with the assistance of the RFBR within the framework of the project №19-312-60001.
About the Author
I. A. Melnikov
The National Museum Complex in Veliky Novgorod; Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilya A. Melnikov, Cand. of Sci. (Cultural Studies)
bld. 11, Kremlin, Veliky Novgorod, 173000
bld. 41, Bolshaya Sankt-Peterburgskaya St., Veliky Novgorod, 173003
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Melnikov I.A. Miscellanies of Old Believers and Orthodox spiritual verses in 20th – 21st centuries: from a gift text to a copy text. Folklore: Structure, Typology, Semiotics. 2022;5(2):73-85. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-5294-2022-5-2-73-85
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