EPISODIC ISSUES «IN THE LIFE OF ST. DAVID GAREJELI»
One episode of «the life of Saint David Garejeli» is discussed in the work, in which it is narrated how Saint David Garejeli (6th century) converted to Christ an unrighteous man named Bubakr, who threatened to kill David, but after a miracle performed by David, he turned to Christ. From the wor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Kazakh National Academy of Choreography
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Arts Academy |
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| Online Access: | https://artsacademy.kz/magazine-article/237 |
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| Summary: | One episode of «the life of Saint David Garejeli» is discussed in
the work, in which it is narrated how Saint David Garejeli (6th
century) converted to Christ an unrighteous man named Bubakr,
who threatened to kill David, but after a miracle performed by
David, he turned to Christ.
From the work, we can see that David speaks to Bubakr in
Armenian, which indicates that Bubakr is Armenian. But the author
only hints about the Armenianness of this person and does not say
it directly. In the present work, the attention is focused on the fact
that in the Middle Ages the word `Armenian', along with the ethnic
one, also had a confessional meaning and that it was also used in
the meaning of Monophysite. The authors of the article express the
opinion that in the previous text, which the creator of «Life of St.
David Garejeli» (10th century) relied on when writing his work,
Bubakri was presented as a person of Monophysite confession. The
text showed that the Monophysite was going to kill the holy monk
and he changed his mind only after Bubakr and his son were cured
of their illnesses by this monk.
According to the authors of the article, as Monophysitism was
presented in a negative context in the Bubakr episode, the creator
of the new monument about St. David Garejeli did not mention the
word «Armenian» at all. After the church split between them, they
tried to repair the broken relationship, and presenting
Monophysitism in a negative context would not contribute to the
improvement of this relationship.
Bubakr is presented as a positive person in the monument, it
is shown that he showed strong faith in God and became a true
Christian. |
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| ISSN: | 2523-4684 2791-1241 |