Charter of Hilandar ( sr, Хиландарска повеља) is the founding
charter of the
Hilandar
The Hilandar Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Хиландар, Manastir Hilandar, , el, Μονή Χιλανδαρίου) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian monastery there. It wa ...
monastery, the cradle of the
Serbian Orthodox Church and main endowment of
Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince ( Veliki Župan) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška, lat. ) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty, Nemanja founded the Nem ...
and
Saint Sava
Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, the first ...
. It was written in 1198, while the second revision, of
Stefan the First-Crowned
Stefan Nemanja II ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Немања II, ), or Stephen the First-Crowned ( sr, / , ; – 24 September 1228), was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196 and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first ...
in 1200–01.
Until 1896, the oldest Serbian charter in the Hilandar archives was the founding charter of Hilandar, while the oldest manuscript book in the Hilandar library was
Miroslav's Gospel.
Both charters are written in
Serbian recension of Church Slavonic (literary) language, but the
vernacular
A vernacular or vernacular language is in contrast with a "standard language". It refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular country or region. The vernacular is typically the native language, n ...
is present in the parts where the gifts to Hilandar are discussed. The original version of Stefan II's revision is located in the Hilandar.
See also
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Hilandar Typikon
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Karyes Typikon
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Serbian manuscripts
This is a list of Serbian manuscripts ( sr, Српски рукописи), containing important works attributed to Serbia or Serbs. The majority of works are theological, with a few biographies and constitutions. The works were written in Cyril ...
References
Sources
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External links
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*{{cite web, title=Hilandarska povelja Simeona Nemanje, work=Sveti Sava: Sabrani spisi, publisher=Projekt Rastko, language=sr, url=http://www.rastko.rs/knjizevnost/liturgicka/svsava-sabrana/svsava-sabrana_02.html
Hilandar
The Hilandar Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Хиландар, Manastir Hilandar, , el, Μονή Χιλανδαρίου) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian monastery there. It wa ...
1198 establishments in Europe
12th-century establishments in Serbia
History of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Medieval Athos
Athos manuscripts
Nemanjić dynasty
Hilandar Monastery