Archimandrite Augustine (Braga). «History of the Neamts Monastery. Manuscript 13.1.8 from the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences» (Part III)

Preparation of text Slavic, preface and notes by Petr B. Zhgun

Authors

  • Petr B. Zhgun

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.

Published

2025-09-10

Issue

Section

Historical theology