Repertorio biblico e mediazione liturgica e patristica nello Slovo na voznesenie di Kirill Turovskij

Biblical Quotations, Liturgical and Patristic Mediation in the Slovo na vozne- senie by Kirill Turovskij Given the role of liturgy in the culture of Slavia orthodoxa and its importance in Kirill Turovskij’s homiletics, the present article examines the mutual inter- action of liturgy and patristic literature by analysing the Slovo o rasslablen- nom (Homily on the sick man) and Slovo o voznesenie (Homily for Ascension). Liturgical celebrations for the feast day of the sick man described in the Stu- dite Typikon allow us to identify a source of the Slovo o rasslablennom in John Chrysostom’s Homilia 36 on the gospel of John, thereby demonstrating the liturgical mediation of patristic exegesis. The analysis of biblical quota- tions in the Slovo o voznesenie, in the liturgical celebrations for Ascension day, and in a group of (pseudo-)Chrysostomic homilies for the same feast re- veals the common use of six passages: Acts 1:11, Psalm 24(23):7-8, Psalm 57(56):6, Psalm 47(46):2.6, Psalm 18(17):11 and Psalm 110(109):1. The Slovo mainly shares the passages with the matins of Ascension day and (pseudo-)Chrysostom Sermones 3-4 and Slovo 74. Beyond the alternative hypotheses of liturgical mediation of patristic literature or patristic mediation of liturgy, the evidence seems to prove the existence of a common biblical- liturgical-patristic field, presumably arising out of a mutual interaction. As a result of this interaction, a collective memory for Ascension day also arose, and the analysis seemingly provides concrete evidence for it.