Archimandrite Augustine (Braga). History of the Neamts and Sekul Monasteries. Manuscript 13.1.8 from the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Part IV)

Authors

  • Petr B. Zhgun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54700/j9ydax63

Keywords:

Neamts Holy Ascension Monastery, Sekul Monastery of the st. Joan, Gregory Tsamblak, Metropolitan of Kiev, Pachomius, Metropolitan of Romance, Hospodar Stefan III Cel-mare, Boyar Nestor Ureche, St. Paisius (Velichkovsky), Archimandrite Augustine (Braga), disciples of Paisius (Velichkovsky), Orthodox asceticism

Abstract

The published text is a historical description of one of the largest monasteries in Romania today, the Neamţ Holy Ascension Lavra, written by the monastery’s archimandrite Augustin (Braga) in the 1850s based on documentary sources from the monastery’s archives. Published for the first time.

Author Biography

  • Petr B. Zhgun

    an independent researcher, 197227, Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Prospect Ispytateley, h. 6 / 1, fl. 542.

References

Августин (Брага), архим. История о древности Молдавских монастырей Нямца и Секула. Рукопись № 13.1.8 из собрания А. И. Яцимирского Библиотеки Российской Академии Наук. Л. 1–56.

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Published

2026-06-23

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Historical theology