Kiprijan Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Кипријан Рачанин, ''Cyprian of Rača''; c. 1650–1730) was a Serbian writer and monk who founded a copyist school (Scriptorium) in

Szentendre Szentendre () is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum), galleries, and artists. Due to its h ...

, just like the one he left behind in Serbia -- School of Rača -- at the commencement of the

Great Turkish War The Great Turkish War (german: Großer Türkenkrieg), also called the Wars of the Holy League ( tr, Kutsal İttifak Savaşları), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Pol ...

in 1689. He is remembered as an academically-trained Serbian-born writer and enlightener who laid the foundation for the development of modern Serbian literature, according to literary critic

Jovan Skerlić Jovan Skerlić (, ; 20 August 1877 – 15 May 1914) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.''Jovan Skerlić u srpskoj književnosti 1877–1977: Zbornik radova''. Posebna izdanja, Institut za knjizevnost i umetnost, Belgrade. He is seen as one ...

. It was, incidentally, in the small wooden church, dedicated to the Evangelist Luke, that the Szentenedre

Scriptorium Scriptorium (), literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts commonly handled by monastic scribes. However, lay scribes an ...

and printing office came into being; among the monk-scribes Kiprijan Račanin, Gavrilo Trojičanin,

Jerotej Račanin Jerotej Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Јеротеј Рачанин; c. 1650 – after 1727) was a Serbian writer and transcriber of church manuscripts and books. After visiting Jerusalem in 1704 he wrote a book about his travel experiences from Hungary to th ...

, Čirjak Račanin, Hristifor Račanin,

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 ...

, and others. Little is known about him. It is known, however, that he took orders at the

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 ...

and became a monk-scribe. During the Great Turkish War of 1689-1699 he left central Serbia for Serbian territories up north, bordering Hungary. In Zenta he remained for a while, joining the Christian fray against the Turks in the

Battle of Zenta The Battle of Zenta, also known as the Battle of Senta, was fought on 11 September 1697, near Zenta, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Senta, Serbia), between Ottoman and Holy League armies during the Great Turkish War. The battle was the most decisi ...

. With

Arsenije III Čarnojević Arsenije ( sr-cyr, Арсеније; ) is a Serbian given name, a variant of the Greek name ''Arsenios''. Diminutives of the name include ''Arsen'', ''Arsa'' and '' Arso''. It may refer to: *Arsenije Sremac Arsenije Sremac ( sr, Арсеније � ...

he came to settle in

, where he began to make a name for himself as the dean of a scriptorium, a diligent copyist of manuscripts and books, and writer of one of the early Serbian primers called ''Bukvar'' in 1717, an adaptation of a Primer by Russian writer

Fedor Polikarpov-Orlov Fedor Polikarpov-Orlov (russian: Фёдор Поликарпович Поликарпов-Орлов; 1660 – 12 January 1731) was a Russian writer, translator, and printer. He is most noted for his Slavonic ''Bukvar'' (Primer) that was widely u ...

(1660-1731).

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He compiled the ''Буквар словенских писмена'' ("Primer of Slavic Writings"; 1717), in which he gave the first rules of modern Serbian versification. Among the original works, the most significant is his inspired ''Стихира светом кнезу Лазару'' ("Stihira to the Holy Prince Lazarus"; 1692) * ''Stichologion'' * Liturgical writings

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* * Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia:https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD Serbian writers Year of birth uncertain 1730 deaths Habsburg Serbs 18th-century Serbian writers Serbian Orthodox clergy Serbian monks Refugees of the Great Turkish War {{serbia-writer-stub

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