SIMBOLIČKA SEMANTIKA POHVALE ĆIRILU KLIMENTA OHRIDSKOG

Abstract

The paper analyzes the Praise of Cyril by Clement of Ohrid, with a particular reference to the central part of the Praise which implies the praise to Cyril through a blessing. We will focus the attention on the arrangement of blessings in the Praise: lips, tongue, face, pupil eyes, hands, fingers, legs, church. Guided by the literary-theoretical analysis, as well as by theological and philosophical literature regarding the composition and semiotics of icons in Christianity, we will try to discover a deeper meaning in the old text, since its high rhetoric turns into a sacral discourse with eternal truths.