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The Karyes Typikon () was written for the
Karyes Karyes (Greek: Καρυές, before 1930: Αράχωβα - ''Arachova'') is a village of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is located in the southern part of Greece. The Peloponnese is made up of a number of states and Karyes belongs to the state ...
cell on
Mount Athos Mount Athos (; ) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...
in 1199 by
Saint Sava Saint Sava (, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; Glagolitic: ; ; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1235/6), known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, abbot of Studenica Monastery, Studeni ...
, at the time a
monk A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...
and later the first
Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
. It is basically a translation from a standard Greek ascetic typikon with some minor changes. It became a model for Serbian solitary or eremitical monasticism also outside of Mount Athos. It is published along with the Catalog of Cyrillic manuscripts from the
Hilandar monastery The Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbs, Serbian Serbian Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery there. It was founded in 1198 by two Ser ...
since 1908.


See also

* Studenica Typikon * Charter of Hilandar *
Serbian manuscripts This is a list of Serbian manuscripts (), containing important works attributed to Serbia or Serbs. The majority of works are theological, with a few biographies and constitutions. The works were written in Cyrillic, except some early works in th ...


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*{{cite web, last=Bogdanović, first=Dimitrije, edition=Internet, year=1999, origyear=1986, title=Свети Сава: Сабрани списи, location=Belgrade, publisher=Просвета, Српска књижевна задруга; Rastko, url=http://www.rastko.org.rs/knjizevnost/liturgicka/svsava-sabrana/index_c.html, url-status=dead, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224071402/http://rastko.org.rs/knjizevnost/liturgicka/svsava-sabrana/index_c.html, archivedate=2009-02-24 12th-century Christian texts Medieval documents of Serbia Serbian literature Serbian books Serbian manuscripts Saint Sava 1190s works History of the Serbian Orthodox Church Mount Athos Cyrillic manuscripts Athos manuscripts Serbian Cyrillic texts