О храме Созонта, «Доме св. Леонтия» и мартирии св. Василия в раннесредневековом Херсоне

Abstract

In the article the attempt is made to give an analysis of known written sources in connection with public monuments, temples, monasteries in the western part of Byzantine Cherson. In early Middle Ages here, near the defensive walls of the city, the temple of St. Sozon was placed, known from IXth century sources. Near to it, in the north-east corner of the city, in the end of the IXth century the Western Basilica was built which can be identified with the church of St. Leontius of Cilicia. It was the main church of a female monastery with baptisterion, ossuarium, cemetery and nosokomeion. The main subject of worship was the martyrium (place of martyrdom) of St. Basileios, the first bishop of Cherson. It is identified with the crypt and the eukterion in the northern corner of the fencing of the monastery near the antique western defensive wall. The author explores the history of creation and the chronology of these monuments and gives an evaluation of their liturgical role and significance.