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Hagiographical Texts (Keimena redaction, vol. II)

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Summary

The Keimena redaction (vol. II) is a modern compilation of anonymous Georgian hagiographical texts, assembled in the 20th century from earlier sources. The constituent narratives likely date from the 5th to 11th centuries and were used in Georgian liturgical cycles such as synaxaria. The TITUS edition, which lacks critical apparatus, collates multiple witnesses without documenting variants or scribal errors. The texts include martyrdom accounts set in locations like Balbak (Heliopolis) and employ rhetorical encomia typical of Byzantine and Georgian hagiography. The collection reflects modern scholarly interest rather than continuous medieval liturgical use.

The Keimena redaction (vol. II) preserves a corpus of Georgian hagiography that illuminates the development of Christian literature in the Caucasus and its integration with Byzantine liturgical traditions. It provides insight into the veneration of saints, rhetorical styles, and theological themes (e.g., light imagery) shared across Eastern Christian cultures. The collection also highlights modern scholarly efforts to reconstruct medieval Georgian textual traditions.

Historical context

The Keimena redaction (vol. II) is a 20th-century scholarly construct, not a medieval manuscript. Its constituent hagiographies, however, originate from the 5th–11th centuries, a period when Georgian Christianity flourished under the influence of Byzantine and Syriac traditions. These texts were transmitted through Georgian monastic communities, particularly in the Caucasus and at centers like Mount Athos and the Holy Land. Many were incorporated into liturgical books (e.g., synaxaria) for reading on saints' feast days. The TITUS edition, based on multiple witnesses, provides no critical apparatus, limiting text-critical analysis. The narratives often reflect Byzantine hagiographic conventions, such as martyrdom in pagan centers (e.g., Balbak/Heliopolis) and rhetorical praise using biblical allusions (e.g., Johannine light imagery). The compilation's anonymous authorship and uncertain provenance caution against precise dating.

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6 commentary units 1 sense1 term1 background1 structure1 scripture1 reception 0 derived notes 2 open questions 1 narrative
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  • limitThe English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve.
  • registerRegister: hagiography in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 1 narrative.
  • sourceSource edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Keimena II. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 19.11.2023. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.

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თთუესა აგჳისტოსსა კ̂გ სიმჴნე და მოღუაწებაჲ წმიდისა მოწამისა ლუკიანოზისი, რომელი იწამა ქალაქსა შინა ბალბაქს I. ვითარ უკუე არა უკჳირდეს კაცთა ბუნებასა განგებაჲ იგი უფლისა ღმრთისა და მაცხოვრისა ჩუენისა იესუ ქრისტჱსი, რომელი სიმდაბლითა და ჴორციელად მოსლვითა მისითა მოანიჭა ნათესავსა კაცთასა? რამეთუ არა დაუშთა და არცაღა თუ დაუტევა მცირჱცა ნაწილი ქუეყნისაჲ განუნათლებელად ნათლითა მით მეცნიერებისა თჳისისაჲთა. ვითარ მიცივალნა კაცნი საცთურისა გან მრავალღმრთეებისა გზასა მას ჭეშმარიტსა ერთღმრთეებისასა. ვითარ შეკრიბა მრავალმსახურებაჲ იგი უღელსა ქუესე ერთსა კერპთმსაურებისასა ეშე ერთსა კეთილადმსახურებისასა. ვითარ განდევნა სიბნელჱ იგი სულთა მორწმუნეთაჲ. ვითარ იგი ჰმსახურებდეს დიდებათა და შუებათა და გემოთა ჴორციელთა, მიუძღუა მათ განგებულებით დიდებათა მათ მიმართ და შუებათა საუკუნეთა. ვითარ დაჰჴსნა მრავალრჩულობაჲ იგი წარმართთაჲ და შეკრიბნა ყოველნი შჯულსა შინა ერთსა საღმრთოსა და ჭეშმარიტსა. ვითარ აღიღო მსახურებაჲ და მონებაჲ დაბადებულთაჲ და მიცვალა იგი დამბადებლისა. ვითარ განაქარვა საცთური იგი კერპმსახურებისაჲ და დაჰნერგა და დაამტკიცა ჴსნისა ჩუენისა სარწმუნოებაჲ წმიდათა თჳსთა მიერ.
English
On the twenty-third day of the month of August: the courage and asceticism of the holy martyr Loukianos, who was martyred in the city of Balbak. I. How, then, should it not be a wonder to the nature of men, that providence of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, which, by His humility and His incarnation, bestowed upon the human race? For He left no part of the earth, however small, unillumined by that light of the knowledge of Him. How He led men from the path of the error of polytheism to the true path of monotheism. How He gathered that polytheism under the yoke of one service, from idolatry to one good service. How He drove away that darkness from the souls of the faithful. How He, serving those corporeal glories, pleasures, and tastes, led them by providence to those glories and eternal pleasures. How He dissolved that manifold error of the pagans and gathered all into one divine and true law. How He removed the service and bondage to created things and transferred it to the Creator. How He dispersed that deception of idolatry and planted and established the faith of our salvation through His saints.
Citation. Tergwame, “Hagiographical Texts (Keimena redaction, vol. II)”, keimena2-keime:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/keimena2-keime#s1
Colophon. Source: titus · licence: This text is part of the TITUS edition of Keimena II. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 19.11.2023. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder. · model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor · provider: Relace · cost: $0.0011 · generated 2026-11-15.