Две поствизантијске хиландарске исправе о Келији Светих Арханђела у Кареји
Two Post-Byzantine Documents from Chilandar Monastery on the Cell of the Holy Archangels at Karyes

Summary/Abstract: The Archive of the Holy monastery of Chilandar preserves at least five documents to the cell of the Holy Archangel at Karyes from the 17th and the 18th centuries only two of which have as yet been published (see note 2). This paper publishes two more such documents thus shedding further light on the fate of the cell during the 17th and 18th centuries. With the first of these (γράμμα, А) which was issued on 1st April 1652, the Great Synod of the Holy Mountain grants the cell for life-long use to hieromonk and pro-hegoumenos kyr Demetrios and two other monks whose names are not mentioned. The document lists the rights and responsibilities of both sides, describes the boundary of the territory of the cell (περιοχή) and gives an inventory of the moveable property which was granted along with control of the cell (icons, sacral objects and books, crockery and tools). The document is signed for the representatives of twenty of the Athos monasteries in the hand of the scribe, as was the usual practice at the time. The second document (ἐσφράγιστον γράμμα, Б) which was issued on 15th July 1747 i.e. at a time when the cell had already belonged to Chilandar for 85 years, also concerns a grant of life-long usage of the cell to Father kyr Dionysios and two other monks. The document defines the rights and duties of the monastic house and the occupants of the cell. The items the cell contained at the time of transfer are listed (wine barrels, tools and pots and pans) as are the items which the monk-purchasers gifted to the cell on the occasion (sacral objects, liturgical books, pots and pans) and the boundary (σύνορον) of the territory on which vines and hazelnuts were grown is described. The scribe signed the document for nine monks of Chilandar.

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