Confessions To Holy King Of Decani In April 1941.
Ispovesti Đaka monaŠke Škole svetom kralju dečanskom aprila 1941.
Keywords: Decani; Monastery
More...Keywords: Decani; Monastery
More...Keywords: EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY ; TAJAR TETOVA
Study object of this scientific paper is political-military work of Tajar Tetova, in 1912, so in the wake of general Albanian uprising. In this context, the pivot of his move’s narration is also the interest of European diplomacy and that of Balkan for such prominent figure, which gives clear contribution in the last phase of Albanian National Movement.
More...Keywords: Congress of alphabet ; Albanian language ; Albanian culture ; Albania
Kanë kaluar 100 vjet që nga koha kur atdhetarët e shquar rilindës mbajtën në Manastir Kongresin e alfabetit, i cili i dha rrugëzgjidhje njërit prej problemeve më të vështira e më të rëndësishme të shoqërisë shqiptare, njësimit të alfabetit të gjuhës shqipe. Duke e vlerësuar këtë ngjarje nga largësia e një shekulli të tërë, mund të pohojmë, pa asnjë ngurrim, se vendimet e atij Kongresi për alfabetin e gjuhës shqipe do të mbeten përgjithmonë në historinë e kombit tonë si arritja më e madhe në jetën kulturore të shqiptarëve në shek. XX, me një ndikim të fuqishëm në zhvillimin e mëtejshëm të gjuhës e të kulturës së tyre. Me vendimet e Kongresit të Manastirit shqiptarët i treguan botës se tanimë ishin konsoliduar si një komb unik dhe se ushqenin një aspiratë të përbashkët, të hynin në rrugën e përparimit kulturor, shoqëror dhe ekonomik dhe të zinin vendin, që u takonte si popull europian në familjen e madhe të kombeve të qytetëruar të Europës.
More...Keywords: painter; endowment; Lazarevic dynasty; church;
Churches erected after the death of the last emperor of the Nemanjic dynasty raise the question of the identity of the painters who worked for the rulers in the north of the formerly vast state territory, namely in Ravanica, established by Prince Lazar, in Ljubostinja, the memorial of Princess Milica, and in Resava, raised by Despot Stefan. The Ascension Church in Ravanica was adorned with paintings on three occasions, the decoration being finally completed between 1384 and 1387. The dome was decorated by a painter of modest talents, possibly a local craftsman (fig. 1). In the second group were masters with apprentices educated in workshops in which the adherence to the classicist ideal was demanded. The artistic treatment of three of them is recognizable in the Church of Christ-Sophia, called Old Metropolis, in Voden, today Edessa, painted between 1375 and 1385 (figs. 2-3, 4-5, 6-7). The third group comprised only two artists, both of them trained in the workshops that cherished the classical heritage, who seem to have taken part in the decoration of the catholicon of the Monastery of Pantocrator on the Mount Athos, painted between 1360-1370 (figs. 9-10, 11-12). Judging by the few remaining frescoes in the narthex, it was embellished by two painters who had a propensity to a somewhat pronounced expressivity (figs. 14-15); it is possible that they joined the guild after the completion of the work in Pantocrator Monastery. The Dormition Church in Ljubostinja was not adorned by one single group of painters, either. The dome and pendentives of the naos were decorated first, in the eve of the Battle of Kosovo (1389), whereas the paintings of the church and the narthex date from the time after the death of the founder, probably between 1406 and 1408. For the embellishment of the dome of her church, Princess Milica engaged a moderately gifted painter (fig. 16) who wrote a few inscriptions in Greek; this may be interpreted as an indication of his Byzantine origin. His work was interrupted and his paintings were plastered over, and another group of painters created new frescoes on this new layer. The few preserved paintings allow only for a partial identification of the artistic hands of different painters. It may be assumed with some probability that one whose works are preserved in the southern choir and in the lower zone of the naos decorated the whole church with a colleague of his (figs. 17-18). The remaining frescoes in the lower registers of the narthex do not display any major divergences which would point to different hands. They were probably made by the painter Macarios, who signed his name in the narthex above the lunette of the door leading into the naos (figs. 19-20). This painter is usually identified with the homonymous monk, brother of the Metropolitan John, painter from Zrze...
More...Keywords: corruption; Kosovo; judiciary; government
The article is presenting one of the most bizarre cases of corruption in the history past of modern Serbian state. In 1924, by approved local court decision and decision of the Ministry of Forest and Mining, illegal transfer occurred related to Dečani Monastery forest estate, a medieval legacy of King Stefan Dečanski. Directly involved in this affair had been the radical party national representative in the parliament of Yugoslavia, Puniša Račić.
More...Keywords: Infrastructure ; Vilayet of Kosovo ; Second Half of Nineteenth Century ; Beginnings of Second Millenniums
The second half of the nineteenth century was a period of creations of national states all over Europe, time at which great importance was given to the rail infrastructure, rapid circulation of information through Telegraph, organizing mass education and the encouragement of their citizens for economic activities. From the Ottoman documents, we realize that the same efforts have tried to impose also the government in Istanbul, trying that in the field of technological innovation to go along with the European developed countries. Ottoman government, during the second half of the nineteenth century, started to make capital investments in the construction of telegraph and railway network in Vilayets of Kosovo and of Manastir. On the eve of the Russian-Ottoman war (1877), with government investments and with the donations of the citizens were build the telegraph centres in the towns of Palanka and Kumanovo and were installed the telegraph lines from Shkup-Kumanovo-Palanka and from Kumanovo-Qystendili to Vranje. In the year 1888, Alfred Kavelas, was given permission for the construction of the railway from Thessalonica to Manastir, which was financed by German Banks and other investors, as well the decision was made to build two roads: one that would connect the town of Vlora with Manastir, and the second road, which would connect the Manastir with Durrës. So, in this paperwork, there are proves of the government's efforts to modernize the Ottoman Empire infrastructures, especially in its European part, inhabited by Albanians.
More...Keywords: Dubočica Monastery;Serbia;fresco painting;Ottoman period
The topic of this article is the cycle of St. Nicholas in the church dedicated to the same saint in the Dubočica Monastery near Pljevlja (Montenegro). The fresco paintings were completed on August 7, 1565 when the territories of the former Serbian state and Patriarchate of Peć were already integrated into the Ottoman Empire. The cycle in the Dubočica Monastery belongs to a small number of preserved cycles, which were created on the territory under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Church in the 16th century. The author describes the Dubočica frescoes damaged by the relocation of the church, which have not yet been covered in scholarly literature. The cycle of St. Nicholas, one of the most extensive preserved works of Serbian art from the Ottoman period, was painted in the narthex and consists of nineteen scenes two of which rarely appear within the Serbian context.
More...Kad sam prvi put noćnim autobusom došao iz Sarajeva u dolinu Lima, znao sam da će moj boravak u Sandžaku biti zanimljiv. Moje odredište je bilo Prijepolje, lijepi gradić na ušću zlatonosne mileševske rječice s desne obale Lima. Smjestio sam se u hotel “Park” u centru grada i narednu godinu boravka prilagodio se životu s ovim dobrim ljudima. Bio sam dio tima rudara i geologa, istraživača polimetalnih rudokopa na visokom brdu Čadinje i svakog jutra smo moćnim džipovima odlazili na taj za mene zanimljivi posao.
More...Keywords: Miodrag-Mišo (Todorov) Bojović;
In memoriam: Miodrag-MIšo (Todorv) Bojović
More...Bosna i Hercegovina je oduvijek bila sjecište putova i prostor na kojem stoljećima žive različiti narodi i religije, običaji i tradicije. U državi s tri konstitutivna naroda i četiri većinske religijske zajednice, lako se izgubiti u razlikama i sličnostima. Što je to što nas razlikuje, a što nam je zajedničko? Proljetni susret mladih teologa, osmi, održan od 15. do 18. svibnja 2012. godine bio je pokušaj pronalaska odgovora na to pitanje. Osmi je susret ponovno bio organiziran od strane Međureligijskog vijeća BiH i Konrad Adenauer fondacije.
More...Akademska godina u mislima uvijek završi prije nego što je to propisano Statutima. Kako mi studenti moramo nekako isplanirati svoj ljetni raspust i prije nego ispiti završe, već si napravimo neku sliku o sebi u ljetnim mjesecima. Ove sam godine bio na proputovanju kroz svoju rodnu kosovsku grudu i susjednu joj sestrinsku albansku. S nestrpljenjem sam dočekao 31. srpnja, dan polaska prema jugu. Iako već više godina putujem na relaciji Sarajevo – Priština, Priština – Đakovica, ipak je ovaj put to putovanje bilo malo drugačije. Ono što nikako ne mogu prežaliti jest činjenica da autobus prema jugu uvijek putuje noću, tako da predjeli i pejzaži ostanu skriveni mome pogledu. Na svoje odredište, na autobusnu stanicu u Đakovici (Gjakovë) stigoh u popodnevnim satima gdje me je dočekala prijateljica, framašica Mimoza Raja. Skupa smo se uputili u franjevački samostan i svetište Svetog Ante gdje me je s nestrpljenjem dočekao fra Aleksandër Tanushi.
More...Keywords: religion; miracles; folk orthodox Christianity; desecularization; the Serbian Orthodox Church; religious experience;
Over the last 20 years, miracles and miraculous acts have been an important part of the multi-layered process of desecularization in Serbia. The Serbian Orthodox Church is trying to revitalize orthodoxy as interpreted by the church and draw in as many believers as possible. At the same time, the folk orthodox variant of Christianity is being revitalized among the faithful, mostly through populist interpretations with elements of folk religion. This paper analyzes the public production of miracles in Serbia based mostly on material drawn from the media, but also on personal testimonies of informants who have witnessed such events.
More...Koutloumousiou 532 and 537, two Greek manuscripts copied on Mount Athos in 1851 and 1852, contain two miniatures by the Bulgarian icon painter Zakharii Khristovich Zograf (1810-1853).
More...Keywords: myth;history;monastery;Christianity;
The present text is dedicated to a particular case from the last ten years when a meta narrativewas created, in this sense also a memory for the past, for St. Athanasius Monastery near the village of Zlatna Livada, a monastery proclaimed to be the oldest in Europe. Its founding is attributed to one of the key figures in the history of early Christianity, St. Athanasius, which gives the cloister a specific sacred nature. The subject of the study is indicative of the role that modern means of communication play in constructing popular ideas of the past.Thus, the ‘history’ of St. Athanasius Monastery becomes grounds for national pride and self-confidence; on the one hand, it symbolizes the ‘deep roots’ of the nation and on the other hand, it lends Bulgaria a greater symbolic significance in the context of a united Europe. The narrative of this Christian cloister’s ancient past proves to be a winning formula, since it focuses and expresses the hopes and aspirations of various social actors and circles, i.e. becomes part of several projects orientated to the future.
More...Keywords: Early Christianity; Early Monasticism; Late Antiquity; Thrace; coenobitic; anchoretic; katholikon; archaeological identification;
The identification of monastic structures in Thrace is closely related to their presumed coenobitic character. The main issue in recognizing a monastery within the archaeological process is generated by the lack of a clear spatial scheme of the Early Christian cloisters. This is why some structural elements of the large eastern complexes are being translated into standard landmarks of the monastery core, namely: the enclosed character of the monastic space; the chain disposition of the cell-dwellings and the binding presence of a katholikon. A particularly important role in the series of buildings take the ones for communal activities, i.e. a kitchen or refectory. Archaeological research has not encountered such spatial program within the diocese of Thrace. The lack of explicit coenobitic complexes predetermines the uncertainties related to the identification of the early monastic sites. Not all the sites can be chronologically specified correctly, and yet the lack of evidence for monastic organization in Thrace before the middle of fifth century is quite notable. This could be due to the imperfection of the archaeological method, but possibly must be related to the full institutionalization of monasticism by the Church after the Fourth ecumenical council of 451. We should point out that all sites in Thrace which can be assigned monastic emerge after this date. All examined sites bring us to the conclusion that the main challenge for the identification of an Early Christian monastery is presented by their unclear archaeological context. A structural character of the Early Christian monastery cannot be laid down and the lack of wide-range of archaeological results can bring incorrect conclusions.
More...Keywords: Early imperial period 1st – 2 nd century; italic sigillata; Eastern sigillata; Late Antique period; early Byzantine period; Early Christian basilica; amphorae 10th – 11th century; 13th- 15th century
From 1997 to 2011 on the small island Prevlaka of Saint Archangel Michael near Tivat in Boka bay, systematic archaeological excavations have been carried out. The scope of this article is to shown one part of preliminary results of the investigations, related with the antique and early Byzantine archaeological stratigraphy (from 2nd century BC to11th century) which were the basis of the later medieval monastery and Archbishop seat of Zeta. To understand all historical process through the large period of time it will be necessary to spent more than a decade,studying an enormous quantity of findings, and this work is only introduction in scientific approach for understanding one of the most interesting site on Eastern Adriatic coast
More...Keywords: Croatian East; Return; Plan of Peaceful Reintegration; Displaced;
In the paper the author investigates the results obtained in view of the readiness of the displaced from the Croatian east to return in the places from which they were exiled during Serbian agression. The results indicated existence of psychological assumptions for a mass return of the displaced although a considerable number of the displaced did not conform with the Plan of Peaceful Reintegration. The answers of the displaced to the questions investigating the intention to return under present conditions established by the Plan suggest that even in case of successful implementation of the Plan, almost one third of the displa-ced would not return home. Those with higher level of education, and capable of working would return home in smaller number.
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