Topic: I need help reading a russian inscription

[Gunnarr]

This image:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Vasnetsov_Russian_Bishops.jpg

What is said on the bottom, (i assume names) can anyone identify what names?

[Frederic]

From left to right:

Blessed (Prepodobny) Anthony of the Pecherskaya Lavra, Blessed Sergius of Radonezh, Blessed Theodosius of the Pecherskaya Lavra, Saint Alexi Metropolitan of All Russia, Saint Stephen the Great of Perm, Saint Peter Metropolitan of All Russia.

[Gunnarr]

Thank you!

[mike]

This is not Russian.

[Gunnarr]

This is not Russian.

sorry i cannot tell, i just knew the painter was russian

[dzheremi]

A lot of people make that same mistake. Here is a comparison of the two:

Old Church Slavonic (what is used in that icon):



Modern Russian:

[Frederic]

I think that "venerable" is a better translation of prepodobny than "blessed". "Blessed" corresponds rather to blazhenny.

[Carl Kraeff (Second Chance)]

I think that "venerable" is a better translation of prepodobny than "blessed". "Blessed" corresponds rather to blazhenny.

Google Translate interestingly insists on "reverend" for "преподобный." Must be a glitch.

[LBK]

I think that "venerable" is a better translation of prepodobny than "blessed". "Blessed" corresponds rather to blazhenny.

Google Translate interestingly insists on "reverend" for "преподобный." Must be a glitch.

Venerable and reverend mean essentially the same thing - just as veneration and reverence are essentially the same.

[mike]

I think that "venerable" is a better translation of prepodobny than "blessed". "Blessed" corresponds rather to blazhenny.

Google Translate interestingly insists on "reverend" for "преподобный." Must be a glitch.

Venerable and reverend mean essentially the same thing - just as veneration and reverence are essentially the same.

prepodobny = saint monk

[LBK]

I think that "venerable" is a better translation of prepodobny than "blessed". "Blessed" corresponds rather to blazhenny.

Google Translate interestingly insists on "reverend" for "преподобный." Must be a glitch.

Venerable and reverend mean essentially the same thing - just as veneration and reverence are essentially the same.

prepodobny = saint monk

Prepodobny/prepodobnaya is the customary title given to monastic saints who lived to old age, but the word simply means venerable (worthy of reverence). In English, the term venerable old XXXX has been in use for many centuries.

[Frederic]

And how would you translate святитель? 

[LBK]

And how would you translate святитель? 

Hierarch. Cвятитель is the usual inscription and liturgical title for bishop-saints.

[mike]

And how would you translate святитель? 

Hierarch.

saint hierarch

[Fr.Aidan]

I agree except I would put it as: "St. Stephen of Great Perm."