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| Monastery Information | |
| Jurisdiction | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 1198 |
| Disestablished | still active |
| Location | Mt Athos, Greece |
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| Founder | Saint Sava |
Hilandar (Serbian: Хиландар; Greek: Χιλανδαρίου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece. Saint Archbishop Sava (or saint Sabbas; Serbian: Свети Сава Sveti Sava) ( 1175 - January 14, 1235) originally Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Mount Athos (Όρος Άθως is a mountain on the Peninsula of the same name in Macedonia, of northern Greece, called in Greek Άγιον Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία It was founded in 1198 by the Serbian Saint Sava and his father, Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (who later became a monk there, taking the monastic name of "Simeon") of Raška. Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Saint Archbishop Sava (or saint Sabbas; Serbian: Свети Сава Sveti Sava) ( 1175 - January 14, 1235) originally Stefan Nemanja ( Old Church Slavonic: Стѣфань Serbian: Стефан MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective A religious name is a type of Given name bestowed for a religious purpose and which is generally used in religious contexts Raška ( alternative spellings have included Raschka, Rascia and Rassa) was the central and most successful Medieval Serbian Due to the fact that its founders are Serbs and the first monks were of the Serbian Orthodox Church it is also called "The Serbian monastery" and is nowadays the monastery where Serbian Orthodox monks traditionally reside. The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Today, Hilandar represents one of the greatest shrines for the Serbian people.
Two medieval Bulgarian royal charters, the Virgino Charter and the Oryahov Charter, have been found in Hilandar's library. The medieval Bulgarian royal charters are some of the few secular documents of the medieval Bulgarian Empire (7th&ndash11th 12th&ndash15th century
In the 1970s, the Greek government offered power grid installation to all of the monasteries on Mount Athos. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Holy Council of Mount Athos refused, and since then every monastery generates its own power, which is gained mostly from renewable energy sources. During the 1980s, electrification of the monastery of Hilandar took place, generating power mostly for lights and heating. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.
In 2004, an accident happened when one of the heaters was not turned off and the old, dry wood used to build that portion of monastery ignited. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The fire significantly damaged Hilandar, and about 40-50% of the monastery burned to the ground. It is currently undergoing restoration.
Sacred objects
Among the numerous relics and other holy objects treasured at the monastery is the Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos "Of the Akathist", the feast day of which is celebrated on January 12. A relic is an object or a personal item of religious significance carefully preserved with an air of Veneration as a tangible memorial Thaumaturgy (from the Greek words θαῦμα thaûma, stem thaumat-, meaning "miracle" or "marvel" and ἔργον érgon An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, The Akathist Hymn (Ἀκάθιστος Ύμνος unseated hymn) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian Hymn dedicated to a Saint, holy The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Since Mount Athos uses the traditional Julian Calendar, the day they celebrate as January 12 currently falls on January 25 of the modern Gregorian Calendar. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today
The monastery also possesses the Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands" (Greek: Tricherusa, Serbian: Тројеручице), traditionally associated with a miraculous healing of St. John Damascene around the year 717, St. A miracle is an event believed to be caused by interposition of Divine intervention by a Supernatural being in the Universe by which the ordinary operation Chrysorrhoas redirects here For the river see Barada. Saint John of Damascus ( Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي Events By Place Europe March 21 — The Battle of Vincy is fought between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. John became a monk at Mar Sabbas outside of Jerusalem and gave the icon to the monastic community there. The Great Lavra of St Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba ( is a Greek Orthodox Monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Later the icon was given to St. Sabbas of Serbia, who gave it to Hilandar when the Turks invaded Serbia. Saint Archbishop Sava (or saint Sabbas; Serbian: Свети Сава Sveti Sava) ( 1175 - January 14, 1235) originally A copy of the icon was sent to Russia in 1661, from which time it has been highly venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church. See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure This icon has two feast days: June 28 (July 11) and July 12 (July 25).
The library holds 181 Greek and 809 Slavic manuscripts, abour 20 000 printed books (3 000 in Greek language).
The monastery contains about 20 working monks.
See also
External links
- Hilandar monastery at the Mount Athos website
- Official web page of the monastery (Serbian)
- Photos from Hilandar
- Towards Former Beauty Information on the recent fire and reconstruction work (English)
- Hilandar Research Library Ohio State University Collection—the largest collection of medieval Slavic manuscripts on microform in the world
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