Rites for the beginning of children’s education which appeared during the edition of the service book under Patriarch Nikon
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https://doi.org/10.51216/2687-072X_2025_4_176-191Keywords:
editing a book, Patriarch Nikon, Trebnik, Greek Euchologion, St. Peter (Mogila), prayer service.Abstract
This article examines two little-known rites: “Prayer when a child comes to learn Holy Scripture” and “Rite for the inconvenience of students.” Its relevance stems from the lack of works examining the structure of these rites or the prayers contained within them. These rites first appeared in the Moscow liturgical tradition in the Trebnik (Service Book) (1658) printed during Nikon’s book revision. The revisionists replaced the prayer “for teaching children to read and write,” which had been present in the pre-Nikon tradition. To establish the sources of these rites, the Greek Euchologion (1602), the Stryatin Trebnik (1606), and the Trebnik of St. Peter (Mogila) (1646), as well as proof copies of the Trebnik (1658), are used. The structure of the rites is examined in detail, and a comparative analysis of these rites with similar rites in other liturgical books is conducted.
Such methods as comparative historical analysis (to study the structure of the rites) and textual analysis (to examine the prayers) are used to analyze the prayers. Based on the data obtained, it is shown that Patriarch Nikon’s correctors relied on the Greek Euchologion (1602), despite the fact that the new edition was based on the Trebnik of St. Peter (Mogila). This testifies to the consistent implementation of a program to unify Russian liturgical practice with Greek models.
The article makes a significant contribution to establishing the sources for Nikon’s book corrections and the processes of change in the Russian liturgical tradition. In conclusion, the author presents the issues for further research on this topic.
For citation: Arkhipov M. A. Rites for the beginning of children’s education which appeared during the edition of the service book under Patriarch Nikon. DOI: https://doi.org/10.51216/2687-072X_2025_4_176-191. EDN: YDFINX // Theological Collection of Tambov Theological Seminary, 2025, no. 4 (33), pp. 176-191. (In Russian).
Received 07 July 2025.
Accepted for press 21 October 2025.
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