or adjective-noun combinations. The ordinary words of a common man "...are incapable of expressing the greatness of the deeds done by holy men to the glory of Christ."

Serge Zenkovsky hails Epiphanius' writings as "a new page in Russian literary history". It is often thought that Epiphanius' new style was influenced by the contemporary surge in Russian painting, and it has been noted that Epiphanius was a great admirer of Theophanes the Greek.