The St. Peter and St. Paul Monastery of Lyaskovets and the Social Activity of the Veliko Tarnovo Diocese in the First Half of the 20th Century Cover Image

Лясковският манастир „Св. св. Петър и Павел“ и социалната дейност на Търновската митрополия през първата половина на XX в.
The St. Peter and St. Paul Monastery of Lyaskovets and the Social Activity of the Veliko Tarnovo Diocese in the First Half of the 20th Century

Author(s): Anka Ignatova, Lora Doncheva
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Local History / Microhistory, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: St. Peter and St. Paul Monastery of Lyaskovets; Veliko Tarnovo Diocese; Russian St. Peter and St. Paul High School; the St. Efrosinia Nunnery to the Russian “White Cross” charity society; home worksho

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the social activity of Veliko Tarnovo Diocese in one of the oldest Bulgarian monasteries – the St. Peter and St. Paul Monastery of Lyaskovets in the first half of the 20th century. Within the period under consideration, the monastery was inhabited for a while by a monastic fraternity of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, but according to specific public needs, it opened its doors to various noble initiatives in favour of Russian emigrants and Bulgarian citizens.

  • Issue Year: 6/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 427-441
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English, Bulgarian