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Bachkovo
The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos ( "Успение Богородично", ''Bachkovski manastir'', ka, პეტრიწონის მონასტერი, ''Petritsonis Monasteri''), archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria. It is located on the right bank of the Chepelare River, 189 km from Sofia and 10 km south of Asenovgrad, and is directly subordinate to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The monastery is known and appreciated for the unique combination of Byzantine, Georgian and Bulgarian culture, united by the common faith. History The monastery was founded in 1083 by Prince Gregory Pakourianos, a prominent statesman and military commander in the Byzantine service, as a Georgian-dominated Orthodox monastery. He set up a seminary(school) for the youth at the monastery. The curriculum included religion, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Pakourianos
Gregory Pakourianos, ''Grigol Bakurianis-dze''; , ''Gregorios Pakourianos''; , ''Grigor Bakurean''; , ''Grigory Bakuriani'' (died 1086) was a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine politician and military commander. He was the founder of the Bachkovo Monastery, Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa in Bachkovo and author of its ''typikon''. The monks of this Orthodox monastery were Iberia (theme), Iberians. Life Background Gregory's origins are a matter for scholarly dispute.Alexander Kazhdan, Kazhdan, Alexander. "The Armenians in the Byzantine Ruling Class Predominantly in the Ninth through Twelfth Centuries" in ''Medieval Armenian Culture'', University of Pennsylvania Armenian Texts and Studies 6, eds. Thomas Samuelian and Michael Stone. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1983, pp. 443-444. He is believed to have hailed from the region of Tao (historical region), Tao or Tayk, which had been ruled by Georgian Bagrationi dynasty, Bagratids of Principality of Tao-Klarjeti, kouropalatate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chepelare River
The Chepelare river or Chepelarska reka () is an 86 km-long river in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the river Maritsa. Name Until 1943 the river was known as the Chaya (Чая), which probably originates from the Bulgarian word for tea, ''чай'', due to the abundance of herbal tea plants along its course ''Mentha'', ''Tilia'', ''Thymus'', etc. species, especially along its middle course, where it is still locally called the Chaya. Between 1942 and 1989 it was officially named the Chepelarska reka after the town of Chepelare, situated in its upper course. Since 1989 the official name is the Asenitsa (Асеница) after the city of Asenovgrad in its lower course. However, many institutes including map makers and the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences still use the name Chepelarska reka. Geography The river takes its source at an altitude of 1,550 m in the Pamporovo ski resort in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarch Evtimiy Of Bulgaria
Saint Euthymius of Tarnovo (also ''Evtimiy''; , ''Sveti Evtimiy Tarnovski'') was Patriarch of Bulgaria between 1375 and 1393. Regarded as one of the most important figures of medieval Bulgaria, Euthymius was the last head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria (), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox jurisdiction based in Bulgaria. It is the first medieval recognised patriarchate outside the Pentarchy and t ... in the Second Bulgarian Empire. Arguably the best esteemed of all Bulgarian patriarchs, Euthymius was a supporter of hesychasm and an authoritative figure in the Eastern Orthodox world of the time. Early years Born around 1325 (between 1320 and 1330) and possibly an offspring of the eminent Tsamblak family of the capital Tarnovo, Euthymius was educated at the monastery schools in and around the city and became a monk. He joined the Kilifarevo Monastery around 1350, attracted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahari Zograf
Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov () (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) is a famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and depictions of icons. He is often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life elements in his work. Zahari Zograf was born in the town of Samokov in 1810 and was taught by his brother Dimitar Zograf, with whom he later worked together, as his father died early. A spiritual student of Neophyte of Rila since 1827, he became an equal partner of his brother at the age of 21 in 1831, i.e. he was proclaimed a master craftsman, master. His best known icons are those of the SS Constantine I (emperor), Constantine and Helena of Constantinople, Helen Church in Plovdiv, the Church of the Theotokos in Koprivshtitsa, as well as a number of monasteries. Zahari Zograf's best known frescoes are those in the main church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Alexander Of Bulgaria
Ivan Alexander (, transliterated ''Ivan Aleksandǎr'', ; original spelling: ІѠАНЪ АЛЄѮАНдРЪ), also sometimes anglicized as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (''Tsar'') of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371,Lalkov, ''Rulers of Bulgaria'', pp. 42–43. during the Second Bulgarian Empire. The date of his birth is unknown. He died on 17 February 1371. The long reign of Ivan Alexander is considered a transitional period in Bulgarian medieval history. Ivan Alexander began his rule by dealing with internal problems and external threats from Bulgaria's neighbours, the Byzantine Empire and Serbia, as well as leading his empire into a period of economic recovery and cultural and religious renaissance.''Bǎlgarite i Bǎlgarija'', 2.1 However, the emperor was later unable to cope with the mounting incursions of Ottoman forces, Hungarian invasions from the northwest and the Black Death. In an ill-fated attempt to combat these problems, he divided the country between his two sons,Delev, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Of Bulgaria
Patriarch Cyril (; secular name Konstantin Markov Konstantinov []; January 3, 1901 – March 7, 1971) was the first Patriarch of the restored Patriarch of All Bulgaria, Bulgarian Patriarchate. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a family of Aromanians, Aromanian descent, he adopted his religious name of Cyril in the St. Nedelya Church on December 30, 1923 and became Metropolitan of Plovdiv in 1938. On May 10, 1953 Cyril was elected Patriarch of Bulgaria, holding the position until his death. Cyril was buried in the main church of the Bachkovo Monastery, 189 kilometres from Sofia. Cyril's historical role in the Bulgarian popular resistance to the Holocaust is recounted in the oratorio ''A Melancholy Beauty'', composed by Georgi Andreev with libretto by Scott Cairns and Aryeh Finklestein. The text describes "Metropolitan Kyril" in 1943 confronting the captors of Bulgarian Jews slated to be deported. Kyril first pledged to go with the deportees in solidarity and then told the guards h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossuary
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary ("os" is "bone" in Latin). The greatly reduced space taken up by an ossuary means that it is possible to store the remains of many more people in a single tomb than possible in coffins. The practice is sometimes known as grave recycling. Persian ossuaries In Persia, the Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrians used a deep well for this function from the earliest times (c. 3,000 years ago) and called it ''Tower of Silence, astudan'' (literally, "the place for the bones"). There are many rituals and regulations in the Zoroastrian faith concerning the ''astudans''. Jewish ossuaries During the Second Temple period, Jewish burial customs were varied, differing based on class and belief. For the wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
