1585 charter on Bucharest’s Plumbuita Monastery found in Mount Athos archive
Aurelian Iftimiu
The Vasile Pârvan Cultural Association recently discovered a charter concerning Plumbuita Monastery in Bucharest in the archives of Xeropotamou Monastery on Mount Athos. Dated 21 October 1585, the document was issued by Wallachian Prince Mihnea II the Turned-Turk and records the dedication of the Bucharest monastery to the Athonite monastery. According to a post on…
