The History of the Catholicon of the Athonite Monastery of Simonopetra Until the 19th Century Based on Written Sources

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Kotzageorgis, P., & Simonopetritis, M. K. (2017). The History of the Catholicon of the Athonite Monastery of Simonopetra Until the 19th Century Based on Written Sources, (14), 189-216. Retrieved from https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=728213
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Title

The History of the Catholicon of the Athonite Monastery of Simonopetra Until the 19th Century Based on Written Sources

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Author

Phokion, Kotzageorgis, Monk, Kosmas, Simonopetritis

Journal

Хиландарски зборник

Volume
Issue

14

Start page

189

End page

216

ISSN

0584-9853

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https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=728213

Date

2017-2020/03/14/01:10:40

Abstract

The paper examines all the extant sources (documents, narrative sources, the archaeological remnants etc), regarding the catholicon of Simonopetra monastery on Mount Athos. The research tries to suggest a highly probable hypothesis for the chronological phases of the monument, both for the construction (or reconstruction) and the painting. The changes in the church might have taken place in the late medieval and early modern period, beginning with the construction of the church by the Serbian despot Jovan Uglješa in the second half of 14th century. Three disastrous fires in 1580, 1622 and 1891 have heavily affected the history of the building. The recent restoration works reveal some pieces of wall-paintings, which help us to date a crucial phase for the history of the building in the second half of the 16th century.

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