Konštantínopol, tradícia avarského útoku z roku 626 a posvätné relikvie
Constantinople, Tradition of the Avar Siege in 626 and Sacred Relics

Summary/Abstract: The Avar siege of Constantinople was one of the most important events in the history of the Byzantine empire and particularly its capital. The presented study deals with the history of liturgical objects which were considered to be a part of the sacred arsenal of Constantinople during the Avar siege in 626. The eye-written sources, however, reveal that it was only an acheiropoietos (not-hand-made) portrait of Christ which was used in the liturgical procession during the Avar’s attack. Other famous relics (True Cross, Virgin’s robe/weil and icon of Hodegetria) were carried in the procession only in the later sieges of Byzantine capital. Their use during the Avar siege is according to author only a product of the later Byzantine hagiography.

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