George of Kratovo

Saint

George of Kratovo

the New
A contemporary Serbian Orthodox fresco of Saint George of Kratovo
New Martyr
HometownKratovo, Sanjak of Kyustendil, Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia)
Died11 February 1515
Sofia, Sanjak of Sofia, Ottoman Empire (now Bulgaria)
Cause of deathBurning
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Feast11 February
25 March (Julian Calendar)

George of Kratovo (Serbian: Ђорђе Кратовац, Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Кратовски), also known as George the New of Sofia (Bulgarian: Георги Софийски Нови, romanized: Georgi Sofiyski Novi), was an Eastern Orthodox South Slavic writer and silversmith from Kratovo[1] who was burnt alive by the Ottoman Turks for refusing to convert to Islam.

He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church under the title of New Martyr.

Life

In his 16th-century biography, it has been maintained that George was of Serbian origin.[1][2] The priest Peja wrote the liturgical rite and hagiography on Saint George between 1515 and 1523.[3][4] The work was published by Serbian historian Stojan Novaković in 1867, transcribed from a manuscript held in the National Library of Serbia in Belgrade.[3] Milan Milićević also wrote a work on Saint George in 1885.[5]

Bulgarian Orthodox Church sources maintain his parents were Bulgarians from Kratovo.[6] He became especially honoured during the Bulgarian National Revival, after Paisius of Hilendar included him in the list of Bulgarian saints, in his Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya (1762). In 1855 Nikola Karastoyanov from Samokov printed the Life of St. George the New, based on a manuscript kept in the metropolitan library of Sofia. At that time he became popular among Bulgarian painters and was depicted in many churches.[7]

Martyrdom

Saint George was burnt alive on a pyre by the Ottoman Turks on 11 February 1515 in Sofia, after he refused to convert to Islam. His death lead to him being proclaimed a New Martyr.[8] According to the Orthodox Church, George of Kratovo is celebrated on 11 February and 26 May (Julian Calendar).

References

  1. 1 2 Jovan Deretić (2004). Istorija srpske književnosti. Prosveta. ISBN 9788607015078. Главни представник те школе ПОП ПЕЈА 20-их година XVI столећа пише Службу и опширно Мученије Ђорђа Кратовш. У њему је описао мученичку смрт свог савременика младог кујунџије Ђорђа, софијског граћанина српског ...
  2. ↑ "Čitač knjiga". digitalna.nb.rs.
  3. 1 2 Narodni muzej Smederevo (1965). Posebna izdanja. Vol. 1. Muzej. p. 142. Службу Борђу Кратовцу написао је српскословенском редакци- јом поп Пеја у Софији истовремено кад и Житије (1515 — 1523). Њега је публиковао Ст. Новаковић21) према једном рукопису из Народпе библи- отеке у Беојграду ...
  4. ↑ Динеков Петър, Софийски книжовници през ХVІ век. част 1. Поп Пейо, 1939, 124 стр.
  5. ↑ Milićević 1885.
  6. ↑ Житие на Св. мъченик Георги Софийски Нови (Кратовски) on Pravoslavieto.com.
  7. ↑ "Св. мъченик Георги Софийски Нови (Кратовски)". Pravoslavieto.com.
  8. ↑ "BG ULICE: Đorđe Kratovac nije hteo da se poturči, pa je spaljen na lomači!". Telegraf.

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