The paper argues that in the poem known as “The Vision of Dorotheos” there are some hymnic elements to be found. It demonstrates briefly the history of the discovery as well as the plot of the 'Visio Dorothei'. For its analysis the author has chosen two passages containing hymnic elements (102–211;105; 170–211;177). In the first passage the poet invokes God the Father, in the second one he prays to Gabriel the angel. In the analysed texts there appear some important hymnic elements such as invocation, the welcoming 'chai're', the change from the 2nd to 3rd person singular, the anaphora of 'sy'; etc.The author has also discussed in a more detailed way the presence of the ancient hymnic traditions as well as their use in the poem under review. A possible interpretation of the analysed passages has been also offered.