Physical well-being as an antinomy to spiritual healing in The life of queen Jelena by archbishop Danilo

The antinomy of the studied medieval text stems from the fact that for it the source and model is the Holy Scriptures. What the modern recipient sees as perhaps paradoxical, for the believing person seems to be true - the human and divine nature of the Son of God. This element is especially emphasized in Daniel II’s The Life of Queen Jelena, where antinomy is expressed through an unexpected relationship between the feat of the godly queen and her suffering through illness. The hagiographer, after repeatedly bringing the hagiographic accents indicating the queen’s determination to salvation, describes the embodiment of God’s grace through illness as a time allotted for repentance and diligent deed. This relationship, “feat - illness”, instead of the expected “feat - health” is mentioned once more in this life. Upon her recovery, Queen Jelena builds a monastery dedicated to the Mother of God, after which she falls even more ill and dies. Awareness of the thus dedicated life to Queen Jelena is revealed through the phenomenon of predicted death - a schematized element of living, predicting the future holiness of the hagiographic heroine. Based on this, the hagiography of Queen Jelena emphasizes another antinomy of Christian origin - one cannot equate cure and healing, the goal of the hagiographic heroine is healing, the victory of life over death, and this goal has been achieved by her.