SFÂNTUL VASILE CEL MARE ÎN FRESCELE CU CHARACTER LITURGIC DIN SERBIA MEDIEVALĂ.

Saint Basil the Great had a permanent presence in the medieval Serbian frescoes, being depicted in one of the most visible places of the Altar area, along with other hierarchs saints, usually in the scene known as "Melismos", or "the Earthly Liturgy". The depiction of Saint Basil's Liturgy from the Church of Saint Sophia from Ohrid, marks the beginning of the idea of representing the lithurgical act as an iconographic theme. The Serbian area was the one which also provided us with the finalised compositional scheme of the theme in discution, scheme which has been serving as a pattern for generations of iconographers. In the medieval Serbian frescoes can be found some of the most famous and valuable depictions of Saint Basil the Great. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]