Ελληνικές μεταφράσεις της εκκλησιαστικής σλαβονικής υμνογραφίας: ο Ακάθιστος εις την Αγίαν Μεγαλομάρτυρα Βαρβάραν στη μετάφραση του Προηγούμενου Φιλαρέτου Βατοπαιδινού

Greek Translations of Church Slavonic Hymnography: The Akathist to Saint Great Martyr Barbara in the Translation of Prohegumen Philaretos Vatopaidinos The present presents the text of the Greek translation of the Church Slavonic Akathist to the Saint Greatmartyr Varvara by Joasaph Krokowski (1710), performed by the Prohegumen of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi Philaretos in 1869. The published text is based on the autograph manuscript number 717 (19th century) from the collection of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi. In the short preface we present the information concerning the Slavonic origin of the Akathist to the Saint Greatmartyr Varvara and its place in the Slavonic hymnographic tradition, the personality of the translator, the manuscript’s features, the historical and philological context of the certain translation as well as the characteristics of the translator’s technique. The certain case study reveals the role of the Athonite holy fathers in the Greek-Slavic spiritual dialogue.