UNE CONGREGATION CATHOLIQUE FEMININE A SALONIQUE OTTOMANE ET LES BULGARES
A FEMALE CATHOLIC CONGREGATION IN OTTOMAN SALONIKA AND THE BULGARIANS
Author(s): Raya ZaimovaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, History of Church(es), Sociology, Social history, Gender history, Modern Age, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, Rural and urban sociology, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Daughters of Charity; Women Education; Salonica; Modernization of Ottoman Empire; Bulgarian Uniates;
Summary/Abstract: The present article looks briefly at the history of the Roman Catholic Congregation (the Daughters of Charity of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul) who proclaim the Gospel among the Levantine peoples. The religious institute of women devoted to active charitable work. They settled in Ottoman Salonica around the 1850s. Their activities were closely linked to those of the Lazarists, depending on the same superior of the Mission. Referring to the French archives of their house in Salonica and personal documents, the author briefly presents the objectives of their mission, which, until 1913, was facilitated by the Franco-Ottoman capitulations. The schools of Daughters of Charity were attended by children of different nations, including Bulgarians. The text is an initial attempt to study the schools of the women’s congregations in the Balkans.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 321-336
- Page Count: 16
- Language: French
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