The Athonite Monastery of Kastamonitou and the Documentary Heritage of the Grand Čelnik Radič
The Athonite Monastery of Kastamonitou and the Documentary Heritage of the Grand Čelnik Radič

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the critical edition and commentary of preserved documents relating to the ktetor activities of the grand čelnik Radič on Mount Athos and the endowments he gifted to the Athonite brotherhoods. The main part of the paper contains four Serbian charters from the archives of the Konstamonitou monastery; two of them issued by the grand čelnik Radič, and the other two issued by despot Đurađ Branković. Radič’s charter to the monasteries St. Paul and Vatopedi and despot Đurađ’s confirmation of the latter are also published. In addition to the Athonite charters to the Vraćevšnica monastery, which was preserved as a fresco inscription in a 1737 copy in the narthex of the Church of St. George. The preparation of these documents for publication is based on the photographs made by the author during his research visits to Mount Athos. The exception is the charter to the Vraćevšnica monastery, whose text has been reproduced from Milan Đ. Milićević’s edition of 1867.

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