Творчеството на св. Климент Охридски в научните изследвания и издания през последните 30 години (1986–2016)
St. Clement of Ohrid’s Works in Recent Scholarship (1986–2016)

Author(s): Krassimir Stantchev
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Summary/Abstract: This article presents the ideas and achievements that have enriched our knowledge about St. Clement of Ohrid’s literary works since 1986. The impetus for these advancements was provided at first by the variety of conferences and symposia that were held to honour the 1100 anniversary of the arrival of the Cyrillo-Methodian disciples in the First Bulgarian Kingdom (866 AD) and then, after 1988, by the publication of K. Stančev and G. Popov’s “Kliment Ohridski. Život i tvorčestvo” [“Clement of Ohrid. Life and Works”]. The achievements in the discovery, exploration and publication of Clement’s hymnographic heritage, which is the greatest novelty concerning his literary work, are examined first. It seems that surprises, like the attribution of one more canon to Clement made by A. A. Turilov in 2016, can still be expected in this field. The article then turns to Clement’s prose works. Having stated once again that there is no proof that Clement of Ohrid ever authored vitae, the attention shifts to Clement’s rhetorical works: first to his sermons and then to his solemn orations. Discussing the latter, the author reiterates the possibility to talk about individual writing styles in the Middle Ages. In conclusion, the author expresses his appraisal for the edition of Kliment’s rhetorical and hymnographic works published in 2008 by the St. Kliment Ohridski University Press (Sofia) under the title “Kliment Ohridski. Slova i službi” [„St. Clement of Ohrid. Orations and Services“] and makes some critical remarks on the book of I. Ilev “Kliment Ohridski. Život i delo” (Plovdiv 2010) [“Clement of Ohrid. Life and Deeds”].

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