Charter of Hilandar

Charter of Hilandar Хиландарска повеља
Hilandar monastery
Created	1198–99
Location	Hilandar Serbia
Signatories	Stefan Nemanja Stefan Nemanjić
Purpose	charter

Charter of Hilandar (Serbian: Хиландарска повеља) is the founding charter of the Hilandar monastery, the cradle of the Serbian Orthodox Church and main endowment of Stefan Nemanja and Saint Sava. It was written in 1198, while the second revision, of Stefan the First-Crowned in 1200–01.

Until 1896, the oldest Serbian charter in the Hilandar archives was the founding charter of Hilandar, while the oldest manuscript book in the Hilandar library was Miroslav's Gospel.^[1]

The original of Stefan II's revision is located in the Hilandar.

See also[]

• Karyes Typicon
• Serbian manuscripts

References[]

Sources[]

• Solovjev, Aleksandar Vasiljević (1926). Hilandarska povelja velikog župana Stefana (Prvovenčanog) iz godine 1200-1202. Drž. štamp. Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca.
• Henrik Birnbaum; Speros Vryonis (1972). Aspects of the Balkans: continuity and change. Contributions to the International Balkan Conference held at UCLA, October 23-28, 1969. Mouton. pp. 263–268.

External links[]

• "Hilandarska povelja". Stefan Prvovenčani: Sabrani spisi (in Serbian). Projekt Rastko.
• "Hilandarska povelja Simeona Nemanje". Sveti Sava: Sabrani spisi (in Serbian). Projekt Rastko.