Slikarstvo priprate Zrza i bogosluženje Strasne sedmice

Abstract

Freske u priprati crkve Preobraženja manastira Zrza kod Prilepa (1368/1369) imaju nekoliko tema neuobičajenih za taj prostor i veoma retku ikonografiju. Sveti monasi u prizemnom pojasu objašnjavaju se kao tri kategorije monaštva (anahoreti, predstavnici kinovijskog monaštva i monasi koji su postali episkopi i učitelji crkve). Ostale freske - skraćeni ciklus Hristovih stradanja s Nedremanim okom, Sveta Trojica u vidu Gostoljublja Avramovog, s junicom koja tuguje za zaklanim teletom, i Pričešće apostola s Judom na čelu jedne apostolske skupine - nastale su pod uticajem bogosluženja Strasne sedmice.

The frescoes in the narthex of the Church of the Transfiguration at the Zrze Monastery near Prilep (1368/1369) depict several unusual themes, as well as a very rare iconography. The holy monks painted in the lower zone of frescoes can be interpreted as the three categories of monasticism: anchorites, representatives of coenobitic monasticism and monks who became the bishops and teachers of the Church. The remaining frescoes - an abbreviated cycle of Christ's Passion with the Anapeson, the Holy Trinity in guise of the Hospitality of Abraham, with a heifer lamenting over a slaughtered calf, and the Communion of Apostles, with Judas heading communion with the wine - were painted under the influence of the liturgy served during Holy Week.