Prezența românească în Muntele Athos în anii 1861-1865 [Articol]

Abstract

The romanian presence in Mount Athos in the years 1861-1865. The subject of the Romanian presence in Mount Athos is not a pioneering one. We have nevertheless allowed ourselves to return to this subject, relying on a series of archive sources that are less known until now.The period under discussion is again not chosen by chance, as it was a rather difficult period as a result of the confessional policy of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. One of the effects of this policy was the migration of a part of the monks outside the borders of the country. In our case, we will refer to two monastic communities and the links between the Noul Neamț monastery and the monks from Mount Athos. The information was actually gathered from the correspondence coming from Andronic Popovici, one of the founders of the monastic site in Copanca and his disciple, but at the same time a disciple of Nectarie (the most famous Romanian psalmist of the second half of the 19th century) Calistrat Galactionovici, who also became known as a copyist of musical manuscripts. Referring directly to this source, we can mention that it includes not only aspects of the personal relations between these two monks. At the same time, being a matter of correspondence, we have before us a source that reflects a less official history, being present interpretative data of the characters who directly experienced that moment and interpreted the events that unfolded in their own way.