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Mount Sinai, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Chest 4 Documents (Microfilm 3)

Manuscript Pages

  • Mount Sinai, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Chest 4: page range Document 4-44v; 4-45; 4-46; 4-47v; 4-48v; 4-49v; 4-50v; 4-51v; 4-52; 4-53v; 4-55v; 4-58v1-2; 4-60v; 4-60v1-2; 4-65; 4-66; 4-71; 4-80B; 4-72; 4-73; 4-80A; 4-82; 4-86; 4-63; 4-88A; 4-88; 4-93

Additional Information

  • Acquired: donated by the estate of Ihor Ševčenko
  • Film: 35mm Black-and-white Negative

Notes

Note

Please see the manuscript entry for Chest 4 for Ševčenko's table of contents

Most of the images capture only the hand-written synopsis of the document added in 1904. There are very few images of the documents themselves.

Contents

Document 4-44v: a letter by the patriarch Neophytos dated to 1790.

Document 4-45: a letter by the patriarch Gabriel and his synod to the archbishop of Karpathos...dated to 1781.

Document 4-46: a γράμμα συγχωρητικόν (letter of absolution) for all the fathers of Sinai by the patriarch Gabriel dated to 1782.

Document 4-47v: a letter of absolution, this one by the patriarch Sophronios dated to 1777.

Document 4-48v: a letter of absolution for the monk Ioakeim, already deceased, dated to 1788.

Document 4-49v: a letter of absolution for the hieromonk Jeremiah, signed by the patriarch Sophronios and dated to 1780.

Document 4-50v: a letter of absolution for the monk Athanasios who died in Constantinople, dated to 1795.

Document 4-51v: a synodal letter by the patriarch Samuel, dated to 1764.

Document 4-52: a letter of absolution for the hieromonk Neophytos signed by the patriarch Cyril, dated to 1818.

Document 4-53v: a letter of absolution of the hieromonk Dionysius signed by the patriarch Sophronios and others, dated to 1780.

Document 4-55v: a letter of absolution for the hegoumenos Jeremiah the Sinaite dated to 1766.

Document 4-58v1-2: a synodal letter to the inhabitants of Karpathos and Kassos dated to 1777. Description also written in German.

Document 4-60v: a letter from the patriarch Gabriel to the archbishop of Karpathos and Kassos. Dated to 1781.

Document 4-60v1-2: another letter by the patriarch Gabriel dated to 1781.

Document 4-65: a letter concerning relations with Karpathos and Kassos, dated to 1769.

Document 4-66: more documents relating to Karpathos and Kassos.

Document 4-71: a letter from the patriarch Seraphim to the metropolitan of Turnovo and all of Bulgaria, dated to 1734.

Document 4-80B: a chrysobull of the ecumenical patriarch Jeremiah.

Document 4-72: another document relating to Karpathos and Kassos, dated to 1777.

Document 4-73: another document relating to Karpathos and Kassos, dated to 1777.

Document 4-80A: a document dated to 1763.

Document 4-82: a document dated to 1685, a letter by Kyr Neophytos.

Document 4-86: a document dated to 1558 with text in Greek and Spanish.

Document 4-63: a letter from the patriarch Gabriel to Karpathos and Kassos, dated to 1781.

Document 4-88A: single-page document.

Document 4-88: a copy of a chrysobull of the hegemon of Wallachia, dated to 1799.

Document 4-93: another chrysobull with a note dated to the 12th of April 1845 that Archimandrite Porphyry of Russia had viewed it.