Prohor Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Прохор Рачанин; c. 1617 – 1678) was a monk-scribe and member of the
School of Rača, a scriptorium in
Bajina Bašta
Bajina Bašta ( sr-cyr, Бајина Башта, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. The town lies in the valley of the Drina river at the eastern edge of Tara National Park.
The population of the to ...
that was ransacked by the Turks. Most of the monks eventually moved from Serbia to
Szentendre in Hungary under the leadership of
Arsenije III Crnojević. Monk Prohor, however, left
Rača monastery
The Rača Monastery ( sr-cyrl, Манастир Рача, Manastir Rača) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery 7 km south of Bajina Bašta, Serbia. The monastery was built by Stefan Dragutin (1276-1282). The monastery became a place where Serbian ...
in Bajna Bašta long before the
Great Serbian Migration and settled in
Belgrade where he taught at a monastery there until he died in 1678. He left several unpublished manuscripts, now held in the archive of the Museum of the
Serbian Orthodox Church.
See also
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Jerotej Račanin
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Kiprijan Račanin
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Ćirjak Račanin
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Simeon Račanin Simeon Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Симеон Рачанин; 1676–1700) was a Serbian Orthodox monk and translator. He is mentioned in 1700 along with several other monks at the Rača monastery, all wearing the epithet '' Račanin'': Kiprijan Račani ...
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Teodor Račanin Teodor Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Теодор Рачанин; 1500 – 1560) was a writer and Serbian Orthodox monk of the Račan Scriptorium School mentioned in Ottoman sources of 16th century literature.
Biography
Monk-scribe Teodor Račanin was given ...
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Hristifor Račanin Hristifor Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Христофор Рачанин; c. 1595 – 1670) was a Serbian scribe working on ornately decorated manuscripts. He is best known for ''Psaltir s posledovanjem'', written in 1645. He was the abbot of the Rača monas ...
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Grigorije Račanin
Grigorije Račanin (Serbian: Григорије Рачанин; Bajina Bašta, Serbia, after 1668 - Szentendre, Habsburg monarchy, after 1739) was a Serbian monk and writer. He is best remembered for his travelogue on rafting in the Balkans in 1 ...
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Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović
Gavrilo "Gavril" Stefanović Venclović ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврилo Стефановић Венцловић ; fl. 1680–1749) was a priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, neologist, polyglot, and illuminator. He was one of the first and m ...
References
1610s births
1678 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Serbian monks
17th-century Christian monks
17th-century Serbian people
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