PROTESTANTS IN A BALKAN TOWN: THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES AMONG THE BULGARIANS IN BITOLA (19th – EARLY 20th CENTURY)
PROTESTANTS IN A BALKAN TOWN: THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES AMONG THE BULGARIANS IN BITOLA (19th – EARLY 20th CENTURY)
Author(s): Elmira VassilevaSubject(s): History, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), The Ottoman Empire, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: American Protestant Мissionaries; Bulgarians; Monastir (Bitola).
Summary/Abstract: The most influential Protestant society which operated in the Ottoman Empire was the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Its mission station in Monastir (Bitola) was active from 1873 to 1920. There were several aspects of the Protestant activities in the town: evangelistic, educational, literary, medical and relief work. The mission was oriented predominantly towards the Bulgarian population. In addition, the Americans attempted to widen their missionary field, the Albanians being the most responsive. The greatest achievements of the Protestant Mission in Bitola were the establishment of the American Girls’ Boarding School and the Bulgarian Evangelical Church.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 670-693
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
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