Difference between revisions of "Talk:St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai)"
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− | I doubt that this is the oldest Christian monastery. Bulgarian researchers have claimed that the oldest monastery in [[Bulgaria]] and possibly in Europe is the [[St. Athanasius Monastery]] in the village of Zlatna Livada, near the town of Chirpan. It was reportedly established by [[ | + | I doubt that this is the oldest Christian monastery. Bulgarian researchers have claimed that the oldest monastery in [[Bulgaria]] and possibly in Europe is the [[St. Athanasius Monastery]] in the village of Zlatna Livada, near the town of Chirpan. It was reportedly established by St. [[Athanasius the Great]] himself in AD 344. You may read the following article (in Bulgarian): [http://liternet.bg/publish10/eshopova/manastiryt.htm]. --[[User:Vladko|Vladko]] 09:37, 26 Apr 2005 (CDT) |
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+ | :How wonderful! I found another mention of it [http://www.balkanmediaacademy.bg/activity_en.htm here] (about half-way down the page, with pictures). --[[User:Magda|magda]] 09:58, 26 Apr 2005 (CDT) |
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I doubt that this is the oldest Christian monastery. Bulgarian researchers have claimed that the oldest monastery in Bulgaria and possibly in Europe is the St. Athanasius Monastery in the village of Zlatna Livada, near the town of Chirpan. It was reportedly established by St. Athanasius the Great himself in AD 344. You may read the following article (in Bulgarian): [1]. --Vladko 09:37, 26 Apr 2005 (CDT)