HAGIOLOGY AND HEORTOLOGY

Course Information
TitleΑΓΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ – ΕΟΡΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ / HAGIOLOGY AND HEORTOLOGY
CodeΥΕ15
FacultyTheology
SchoolSocial Theology and Christian Culture
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorSymeon Paschalidis
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID60005091

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Koinōnikīs THeologías kai CΗristianikoý Politismoý (2023 kai exīs)

Registered students: 1
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses belonging to the selected specialization634
Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600230016
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
  • French (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester, students are expected to be able to: • be familiarized with the specialized hagiographical terminology • be able to distinguish the types of hagiographical sources • know and describe the main periods of development of Hagiography and the most important groups of Saints • be versed in the most significant contemporary hagiographical practices followed by different Churches • have a concrete idea about the formation of the Christian Calendar • understand the theological framework for various hagiographic issues
General Competences
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course aims to present the sources and genres of the early Christian and Byzantine hagiography and the basic terminology of hagiography. It offers a detailed account of the most prominent writers of hagiographical texts and the most important milestones of hagiography in the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine periods. It also examines the ‘choruses’ of the saints, their ‘boldness’ and their intercessions with God. It approaches miracles from a theological perspective and examines the respective collections. It explores the theological establishment of the honour of the saints and the sacred relics, as well as the history and the contemporary canonical procedure for the canonisation of new saints. Finally, it provides a historical outline of the church calendar. 1. Introductory Issues for the scientific branch of Hagiography, its place inside the science of Theology and its relation with other human sciences. The history of the hagiographic studies in Greece and abroad. 2. Hagiographic genres: Acts and Passions (Martyria), ancient martyrological collections, apocryphal sources, Lives and Enkomia 3. Hagiographic genres: Ascetic-hagiographic collections, Synaxaria and Menologia,Narrationes animae utiles, Collections of Miracles, Revelations 4. An Historical-literary overview of the hagiographic literature (2nd-7th cent.) 5. An Historical-literary overview of the hagiographic literature (8th-15th cent.) 6. An Historical-literary overview of the hagiographic literature of the post-byzantine literature 7. The term "saint" and the cult of saints during the byzantine period 8. Groups of Saints in the byzantine tradition 9. The Neomartyrs (new martyrs) and the theological framework of the cult of the new saints 10. The procedure for the official recognition of new Saints in Orthodox and Roman-Catholic Church 11. The cult of the holy relics in orthodox tradition: Theology, use and misuse 12. The Parrhesia, the intervention and the miracles of the Saints 13. The Christian Church calendar and its evolution
Keywords
Hagiography, cult of saints, Martyrs, New Saints, Groups of Saints, Church Calendar, recognition of Saints, relics, hagiographic genres
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of audio-visual tools in the process of teaching (especially powerpoint and video clips). Supplementary material, additional data and exercises / tests on Blackboard. Communication and research counseling through e-mails
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures33✓
Seminars6✓
Reading Assigment45
Written assigments16✓
Total100
Student Assessment
Description
A two-hour final written exam on the material covered throughout the semester (80%), class participation and a written assignment (20%).
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Σ. Πασχαλίδης, Βυζαντινή και Μεταβυζαντινή Αγιολογία. Γραμματεία - Θεολογία - Κείμενα, εκδ. Αλτιντζής, Θεσσαλονίκη 2017
Additional bibliography for study
Τσάμης Δ., Αγιολογία της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004 Πρακτικά Συνεδρίου εις τιμήν και μνήμην των Νεομαρτύρων (17-19 Νοεμβρίου 1986), Θεσσαλονίκη 1988. Πάσχος Π. Β., Άγιοι, οι φίλοι του Θεού. Εισαγωγή στην Αγιολογία της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας, εκδ. Αρμός, Αθήνα 21997 Ο άγιος και ο μάρτυρας στη ζωή της Εκκλησίας. Εισηγήσεις ΙΒ΄ Συνεδρίου Πατερικής Θεολογίας, Αθήνα 1994 Σ. Πασχαλίδης, Εν Αγίοις. Ειδικά θέματα Βυζαντινής και Μεταβυζαντινής Αγιολογίας, Θεσσαλονίκη 2012 S. Efthymiadis (ἐπιμ.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography, τ. 1: Periods and Places, Farnham–Burlington 2011. Ελ. Κουντούρα-Γαλάκη, Οι ήρωες της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας. Οι νέοι Άγιοι, 8ος-16ος αιώνας, [ΕΙΕ/ΙΒΕ Διεθνή Συμπόσια 15], Αθήνα 2004. Σ. Πασχαλίδης, Νικήτας Δαβιδ Παφλαγών. Το πρόσωπο και το έργο του. Συμβολή στη μελέτη της προσωπογραφίας και της αγιολογικής γραμματείας της προμεταφραστικής περιόδου, [Βυζαντινά Κείμενα και Μελέται 28], Θεσσαλονίκη 1999. Δ. Κακλαμάνος, Ο άγιος Θεόδωρος ο Στουδίτης και το αγιολογικό του έργο. Συμβολή στη μελέτη της εκκλησιαστικής γραμματείας της μεσοβυζαντινής περιόδου, [Ανάλεκτα Βλατάδων 70], Θεσσαλονίκη 2018. Ελ. Καλτσογιάννη, Το αγιολογικό και ομιλητικό έργο του Ιωάννη Ζωναρά. Εισαγωγική μελέτη – Κριτική έκδοση, [Βυζαντινά Κείμενα και Μελέτες 60], Θεσσαλονίκη 2013. Ηλ. Παρασκευοπούλου, Το αγιολογικό και ομιλητικό έργο του Νικηφόρου Γρηγορά, [Βυζαντινά Κείμενα και Μελέτες 59], Θεσσαλονίκη 2013. Σ. Πασχαλίδης, Εν Αγίοις. Ειδικά θέματα Βυζαντινής και Μεταβυζαντινής Αγιολογίας, τ. Α´, Θεσσαλονίκη 2011. Σ. Πασχαλίδης, Το Υμναγιολογικό έργο των Κολλυβάδων. Συμβολή στη μελέτη της αγιολογικής γραμματείας κατά την περίοδο της Τουρκοκρατίας, Θεσσαλονίκη 2017. Σ. Πασχαλίδης, Η αυτόγραφη Νεομαρτυρολογική συλλογή του μοναχού Καισαρίου Δαπόντε (1713-1784), Θεσσαλονίκη 2012. Th. Antonopoulou, The Homilies of the emperor Leo VI, Brill-Leiden-New York - Köln 1997. Th. Antonopoulou, Leonis VI Sapientis Imperatoris Byzantini Homiliae, [Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca 63], Turnhout 2008. S. Efthymiadis (έκδ.), The Life of the Patriarch Tarasios by Ignatios the Deacon (BHG 1698), [Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs 4] Aldershot 1998. S. Efthymiadis (έκδ.), The Ashgate research companion to Byzantine Hagiography, τ. I: Periods and Places, τ. II: Genres and Contexts, Farnham 2011-2014. P. Guran - B. Flusin (ἐπιμ.), L’empereur hagiographe. Culte des saints et monarchie byzantine et post-byzantine. Actes du colloque internationaux «L’empereur hagiographe» (13-14 mars 2000) et «Reliques et miracles» (1-2 novembre 2000), Bucarest 2001. C. Høgel, Symeon Metaphrastes. Rewriting and Canonization, Copenhagen 2002. A. Luzzi, Studi sul Sinassario di Costantinopoli, [Testi e Studi Bizantino-Neoellenici 8], Roma 1995. Τ. Pratsch, Der hagiographische Topos, [Millennium Studien 6], Berlin 2005. I. Pérez-Martin (ἐπιμ.), El «Menologio de Basilio II», Città del Vaticano - Athenas - Madrid 2008.
Last Update
05-03-2023