Reformation and Holy Mount Athos

Abstract

Sveta Gora Atonska je že več kot tisočletje najbolj posebna meniška skupnost v Evropi. Čeprav je bila s svojo lego izolirana od preostalega sveta, so se v njej čutila tudi oddaljena vrenja v evropski zgodovini in posledično tudi reformacija ni minila brez odmevov. V prispevku je predstavljeno eno izmed tovrstnih pričevanj – poslanica Gavrila Svetogorca ogrskemu kralju Ivanu Zapolji, verjetno iz leta 1533/1534. Gavrilo Svetogorac, pravoslavni menih, je večkrat izpričan v virih, in sicer kot prevajalec iz grščine v srbščino. V času, ko si je dopisoval z ogrskim vladarjem, je bil protos, tj. starešina Svete Gore. Na prošnjo Ivana Zapolje je Gavrilo podal svoje mnenje o Martinu Lutru ter svoje videnje posameznih dogodkov iz zgodovine Katoliške cerkve. S časom pisanja in s stališči, ki jih je predstavil v poslanici, se je svetogorski protos Gavrilo aktivno vključil v aktualne evropske dogodke.

Mount Athos has been the most specific monastic community in Europe for over a thousand years. Though isolated from the rest of the world, the community has always reflected the turning points in European history, including Reformation. The paper looks at one testimony of this kind – the Epistle of the protos Gavrilo Svetogorac (Gavrilo from Mount Athos) to John Zapolya, Hungarian king, written probably in 1533/1534. Gavrilo from Mount Athos was an Eastern Orthodox Church monk who was mentioned many times and in different sources as a translator from Greek into Serbian. At the time of his correspondence with the Hungarian ruler he was a protos ‒ the head of Mount Athos. At the request of John Zapolya, Gavrilo offers his opinion about Martin Luther as well as his view on certain events in the history of the Catholic Churc Judging by the time when the epistle was written, and the attitudes expressed in it, the protos of Mount Athos was actively involved in the events in Europe in that particular period. Ključne besede: reformacija in Atos, Gavrilo Sveto