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East Slavic lives of saints
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Ukrainian Weekly, The
02-19-1995
East Slavic lives of saints.
"The Hagiography of Kievan Rus'," volume II in the English Translations Series of the Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature, gathers together the oldest and finest specimens of East Slavic lives of saints. The anthology includes several major works: a memorial for both Volodymyr and Olha, the Life of Abraamius of Smolensk, the Life of Theodosius of the Caves Monastery and three variant of the...
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