Аскетико-монашеские сборники XIV в.: содержание и среда составления

The study of some ascetic-monastic South-Slavonic miscellanies of the XIV century (Sankt-Petersburg, RNB, Ghil'f 35; 47; Sofia, NBKM, 672; 1036; Sofia, BAN 80; Moskow. GIM, Uvarov 510/4°; Chludov 237; Sankt-Petersburg, RNB, Pogodin 1054) allows us to penetrate the spirituality of the school of Gregory of Sinai Monastery, and in particular of the monasteries of Paroria and Kefalarevo: the first one shows the initial phase with a dedicated effort in translating into Slavonic passages that were necessary for the life of monks, the second one shows a more accomplished phase, a sort of synthesis of the previous ones. In addition to Gregory’s writings, in these manuscripts we find works of other spiritual authors that Gregory himself considered important for the monks’ education and life.