#turnu monastery

Dracula's Godly Deeds The information collected in this article is not a secret, although few people pay attention to it, because Dracula wrongfully has a image of a fighter against God. ___________ In this article, there will be no assumptions, only facts regarding what Dracula did! So: When: sec. floor. 1456 - first. floor. 1457 What: Patronage of the Govora monastery. Dracula gives money to cast a large (weighing about 250 kg) church bell. How is it known: The bell, no longer used, is still kept in the monastery. There is an inscription on it: "This bell was cast in the name of our Lord our God and St. Nicholas in 6965 (the year after the creation of the world)." Since in this chronology the new year was counted from September 1, then the specified year (6965) covers the period from September 1. 1456 to 31 Aug. 1457 - just the beginning of the reign of Dracula. At the same time, a large bell is an expensive thing, and the monks themselves could not afford such expenses. Notable Facts: Fact 1: In a letter dated March 22, 1497, Prince Radu the Great, making a donation to the Govora monastery, notes that earlier the "ktitors" (main sponsors) of this monastery were "pious sovereigns ... our grandfather and great-grandfather," that is, Dracula's father and Dracula's grandfather. The youngest brother of Dracula, called Vlad the Monk (father of Radu the Great), also gave a lot to this monastery, like Radu the Great himself. That is why the monastery is considered the "Draculesti family monastery". Fact 2: In the charter of April 1, 1551, Prince Mircea Chobanul (Shepherd) tells the legend of how the lord Albu ruined monastery to talk and made a riot, for which he was punished by Dracula: "And it was in the days of Vlad magistrates Tepes, and was then boyar, who was called Albu the Great. And he took the boyar (from the monastery) the aforementioned villages (Glodul and Khintse) by his own strength and also ruined the holy monastery itself (which stood in desolation) until the time when the Lord God granted power to the sovereign, my parent, Radul Voivode Good ... And then, in the days of Vlad the voivode Tepes, that boyar Albu the Great encroached on becoming a sovereign over the head of Vlad the voivode Tepes, and Vlad the voivode went directly to him with an army and grabbed him, and cut off the head both to him and to all his relatives " ... + + + When: spring 1457 What: Patronage of the Kozia monastery. Dracula assigns to the monastery the village of Troeshi, previously bought by the monastery from one of the boyars, and frees this village from all duties and taxes. How is it known: Dracula's letter dated April 16, 1457, where it is said, has been preserved. Notable Facts: Fact 1: Dracula's charter begins with a very beautiful speech, but this speech was not written by Dracula, but by his grandfather Mircea the Old, who patronized the Kozia monastery. Everyone liked the speech so much that they began to reproduce it in new letters related to Kozia, and then in letters to other monasteries: Whom the Spirit of God directs, they are the sons of God, says the holy apostle, and everyone who appreciates the truth and does good deeds, wishing to receive eternal life - to leave earthly things on earth for reward in heaven. Blessed are those who have heard the good voice, for they always hear it: "Come, blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world." Fact 2: Prince Mircea the Old is buried in the Koziya monastery. + + + When: Summer 1457 What: A gift to the monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos (in Greece). Dracula makes a donation. How is it known: Dracula's letter of June 12, 1457, where it is said, has been preserved. A noteworthy fact: Now the monastery of St. Panteleimon is also called Russian, since the bulk of the inhabitants are Russian monks, but at the time of Dracula the monks of this monastery were mainly Serbs. + + + When: spring 1458 What: Patronage of the Romanian monastery of Tismana. Dracula assigns to the monastery all the estates

previously donated by other sovereigns and boyars. How is it known: Dracula's letter dated March 5, 1458, where it is said, has been preserved. + + + When: sec. floor. 1460 - first. floor. 1461 What: A gift to the Philotheus monastery on Mount Athos (in Greece). Dracula makes a donation of 4000 asp (aspra is a small silver coin) How it is known: Dracula's letter, dated 6969 from the creation of the world, has been preserved. Since in this chronology the new year was counted from September 1, then the specified year (6969) covers the period from September 1. 1460 to 31 Aug. 1461. A remarkable fact: V. Erlikhman in his book about Dracula writes that, making a donation, Dracula ordered memorial prayers for his father and prayers for the health of a certain nun Eupraxia. If V. Erlikhman does not confuse anything (and he confuses something quite often), then it turns out that Dracula asked the Athonite monks to pray for his late father and for his stepmother Koltsun, who after the death of her husband took her hair as a nun and began to be called Eupraxia, and according to other sources Efrosinya. + + + When: 1461 What: Foundation of a monastery called Comana near Giurgiu How is it known: Dracula's letter dated September 27, 1461, where lands are given to the monastery, has been preserved. The words of this dedication are the earliest mention of the monastery. Notable Facts: Fact 1: There is a legend about why Dracula founded Comana. This is associated with the events when Dracula with his army crossed the Danube into Turkish territory in order to free several thousand Romanians, who had recently been taken prisoner by the Turks near the Turnu Severin fortress. The liberation was successful, and then a legend begins, which says that several hundred Turkish horsemen secretly followed the Romanian army, which was returning back across the Danube. After waiting for the moment when Dracula with a small detachment drove off to the side, the Turks attacked. In this skirmish, only Dracula and two of his commanders survived (a certain Ler and a certain Mikhnya). All three were wounded, and besides, they could not get through to the main army, and the Turks continued to pursue them even after crossing the Danube, on Romanian territory. Completely tired, Dracula, along with Leer and Mikhney, stopped for the night in some remote place, hoping that they would not be found at least until morning. When it got completely dark, nine lights suddenly appeared in the distance, so Ler and Mikhnya grabbed their swords, but monks appeared from the fog, who took Dracula and his commanders to an island among the river creeks, where there was a skete (several houses-cells). The fugitives were safe there, because the Turks would never have found their way to the island. Dracula and his commanders rested, healed their wounds a little and left, and in gratitude, Dracula decided to found a monastery on this place and in the already mentioned charter from 1461 granted the monastery land. Fact 2: There is a version of the Romanian professor Konstantin Rezakevichi, according to which Dracula is buried in Comana, and not somewhere else. + + + When: unknown. What: Patronage of the Snagov Monastery. How is it known: The charter of Dracula himself concerning the awards to Snagov has not survived, but in the charter dated June 26, 1558, Prince Mircea Chobanul (Shepherd) mentions that "Vlad Voivode Tepes" was recorded in the monastery book among other donors. Notable Facts: Fact 1: The monastery is mentioned in the letters of Dracula's grandfather, Prince Mircea the Old, but despite this, the Romanian chronicles call Dracula himself the founder of the monastery. According to the testimony of the Romanian researcher A. Odobescu, in the 19th century, the monks in Snagov also considered Dracula to be the founder of the monastery. Fact 2: Snagov is considered the burial place of Dracula, although excavations carried out at the monastery in the 1930s did not allow confirming this well-established opinion. The grave in Snagov, which is