HOMILETIC HERITAGE OF CYRIL TRANQUILLON- STAVROVETSKY AND LEONTIUS KARPOVICH, AND “RUNO OROSHENNOIE” (“THE SHED FLEECE”) BY DEMETRIUS TUPTALO

Abstract

The article is dedicated to comparison of the book of Dimitri Tuptalo “Dewy Fleece” (“Runo Oroshennoje”)
to homilies of classics of the Ukrainian baroque sermon of the second half of the XVII century —
Kyryl Trankvilion Stavrovetskyi and Leontii Karpovich.
The author of the article draws attention to the structure of the works. Homilies of Trankvilion Stavrovetskyi
and Karpovich belong to the first type of the Ukrainian sermon of the XVII century — “the Greek-Slavic
one”. “Dewy Fleece” (“Runo Oroshennoje”) of Dimitri Tuptalo can be referred to the other period — “the
Latin-Polish one”.
The paper also focuses on features of the pieces of writing. Number of metaphors in the heritage of Kyryl
Trankvilion Stavrovetskyi and Leontii Karpovich is less than in the work of Tuptalo. Commenting on the
Holy Scripture, Trankvilion Stavrovetskyi uses literal and allegorical means of interpretation, while Dimitri
Tuptalo prefers the latter one.
Unlike sermon works of some authors of the XVII century, including Dimitri Tuptalo, sermons of Karpovich
do not contain dedications and epigraphs. However, they traditionally end with a prayer, dedicated
to the saint, to which the sermon is devoted.