The medieval Slavic archives of the Athonite Monastery of Vatopedi (1230–1610)
The medieval Slavic archives of the Athonite Monastery of Vatopedi (1230–1610)

Summary/Abstract: Briefly summarized, the content of Vatopedi Slavic documents is the following: In April 1230 the Bulgarian Czar, John Asen II, donated to Vatopedi with a full tax exemption the village of Semalton (today Mikron Soulion), which is located to the southeast of Serrhai, but only for the period until the end of his reign. In 1369–1371 the Serbian despot John Uglješa granted to Vatopedi the abandoned village of Lantzo, which was situated near the settlements of Akrotirion and Plumiska, in the northeastern part of the Chalkidiki Peninsula. On July 2, 1417, the Serbian despot Stephen Lazarević bequeathed to Vatopedi the village of Koprivnica and a yearly subsidy of 60 litri of silver. Between July 1427 and May 1429 the Serbian nobleman George Branković corroborated the donation of the village of Koprivnica and the yearly subsidy of 60 litri of silver, provided to Vatopedi by his predecessor, the despot Stephen Lazarević. On March 28, 1432, the čelnik Radič bestowed on Vatopedi the village of Belo Polje, which was situated near the Morava River in central Serbia. After March 28, 1432, the Serbian Despot George Branković confirmed the donation of the village of Belo Polje, which the čelnik Radič had made to Vatopedi. In April 1432 the Serbian military officers Radoslav and Michael Mihaljevići bought in Vatopedi six adelphati (lifelong monastic pensions paid in kind) and the nearby Athonite tower of Koletzi. On February 21, 1438, the monks of the Russian Athonite monastery of St. Panteleimon issued a warranty that they would not trespass on the land of Vatopedi which bordered the kellion of a priest named Kornilii. On December 4, 1457, the Serbian despot Lazar ceded to his treasurer (rizničar) Radoslav villages in the administrative districts of Golubac, Smederevo and Petruš (i.e. near the modern Serbian town of Paračin). Around 1597 a Zographite hermit named Makarios signed a statement pertaining to a conflict between the monasteries of Pantokrator and Vatopedi. His statement was significantly altered when it was translated into Greek. Between June 7, 1607, and July 10, 1610, the Archbishop of Ochrid, Parthenie, composed for the Russian Athonite monastery of St. Panteleimon a letter directed to the Russian Czar, Vasilij Ivanovič Šujskij.

• Details
• Contents