An Appeal for Support from the Perushtitsa Monastery of St. Theodore Tiron and St. Theodore Stratelates to the Russian Tsar Aleksey Mihaylovich from 1647. 1. Background and Context Cover Image

Просителна грамота на Перущенския манастир „Св. Теодор Тирон и св. Теодор Стратилат“ до руския цар Алексей Михайлович от 1647 г. 1. Предистория и контекст
An Appeal for Support from the Perushtitsa Monastery of St. Theodore Tiron and St. Theodore Stratelates to the Russian Tsar Aleksey Mihaylovich from 1647. 1. Background and Context

Author(s): Angel Nikolov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, History of Church(es), General Reference Works, Theology and Religion, 17th Century, Philology, Source Material
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Perushtitsa monastery; Tsar Aleksey Mihaylovich; Bulgarian monasteries; Plovdiv, Bachkovo monastery; icons; Slavic manuscripts

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to offer the reader an introduction to the forthcoming publication of an appeal for support from the monastery of St Theodore Tiron and St Theodore Stratilates addressed in 1647 to the Russian Tsar Aleksey Mihaylovich. Firstly, the monastic network in the northern Rhodopes near Plovdiv in the 16th–17th centuries is presented. The history of the Perushtitsa monastery from its appearance in the first half of the 17th century to its destruction during the brutal suppression of the April Uprising in 1876 is briefly discussed, manuscripts that were kept in the monastery library are presented.

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 53-74
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Bulgarian
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