Ukrainian Center on Mount Athos: Black Whirlpool Skete and Its Relationship with the Cossacks
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2020.03.119Keywords:
Black Whirlpool (Mavros Viros), Athos, Greece, Ukraine, Cossacks, Sich, skete, monks, Hryhorii HolubAbstract
The aim of the study. On the basis of the analysis of a wide range of archival sources and published materials, to investigate the foundation, development and decline of the Ukrainian spiritual and cultural center – Black Whirlpool skete (Mavros Viros) in the 18th – first half of the 19th century at the World Orthodox Monastic Center in Athos. to reveal its role in the life of Ukrainian monasticism in Athos and relations with Ukrainian Cossacks, to identify the role of Ukrainian Cossack officers in the donor’s support of the Ukrainian skete Black Whirlpool and monks on Mount Athos.
The methodological foundations of the study are based on the principles of historicism, scientific objectivity and systematic, dialectical approach to historical phenomena. In accordance with the set goals and objectives, a set of general scientific, interdisciplinary and special research methods was used.
The scientific novelty is that the article thoroughly investigates the process of foundation and activity of the Ukrainian skete Black Whirlpool on Mount Athos in the 18th – first half of the 19th century. Based on the analysis of archival sources and published materials, the little-studied aspects of the development and activity of this Ukrainian monastic unit in Athos, its connection with Ukrainian monasticism and the Cossacks in Ukraine, have been identified.
It is emphasized that this Athos Cossack monastery is an important component of the history, spiritual culture, tradition and heritage of Ukrainian monasticism in Athos, a direct testimony to the close spiritual and cultural ties of Sich with the center of Orthodox monasticism and hesychasm in Athos. It is stated that this monument of the presence of the Cossacks at Athos has spiritual, cultural and scientific-historical value, needs further research and restoration.
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