Nektarios Terpos (Aromanian: Nectar Tãrpo;[1] Greek: Νεκτάριος Τέρπος; late 17th century–18th century) was an Orthodox Christian scholar and monk from Moscopole (today in modern Albania) of Aromanian ethnicity. He was the author of an important religious book, called A Handbook called Faith (Greek: Βιβλιάριο καλούμενον Πίστις), which was first published in 1732. Terpos, together with Cosmas of Aetolia, was one of the major contributors of religious and cultural revival under the Ottoman rule.[2]

Life

Terpos came from a wealthy family and spend his childhood in Moscopole.[3] He was of Aromanian ethnic background.[4][5] As a missionary he travelled in Epirus, covering vast areas from Arta to Berat.[3] Terpos is also remembered for his work in the Ardenica Monastery where in 1731 he wrote a prayer in the form of a fresco. The prayer is in four languages (Albanian, Aromanian, Greek and Latin) and is the first writing in Albanian found in an Eastern Orthodox Church.[6] It is also the oldest known text in the Aromanian language.[7]

Persecuted, Terpo migrated to Italy, where in 1732 he published his main work named A Handbook called Faith (Greek: Βιβλιάριο καλούμενον Πίστις).[8] The book was republished 12 times in less than a century (1732–1818).[3] In the book Terpo chastises the Crypto-Christians of Albania, and invites them to never abandon the religion of their forefathers.[9]

References

  1. ^ Enina, Pirro (July 2010). "MOSCOPOLEA – Isturia shi leghenda a lje" (PDF). Fârshârotu (in Aromanian). 33: 7.
  2. ^ Peter A. Chamberas, George S. Bebis. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain: a handbook of spiritual counsel. Paulist Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8091-3038-2, p. 18.
  3. ^ a b c M. V. Sakellariou. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization. Ekdotikē Athēnōn, 1997. ISBN 978-960-213-371-2, p. 316.
  4. ^ Giakoumis, Kosta (2017). "Nektarios Terpos and the iconographic programme of Ardenica Monastery". Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. 41 (1): 97. doi:10.1017/byz.2016.30. The quadrilingual prayer (in Greek, Albanian, Aromanian and Latin) accompanying this icon indicates Terpos' Aromanian ethnic background, since Greek and Albanian would be the minimum languages spoken by intellectuals in these regions.
  5. ^ Elsie, Robert (1991). "Albanian literature in Greek script. The eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century Orthodox tradition in Albanian writing". Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. 15 (1): 22. doi:10.1179/byz.1991.15.1.20. S2CID 161805678. The Albanian text in Greek script reads Virgjin ë Mame eperndis uro prë nee faj torëte and is ascribed to one Nektarios Terpos, a cleric of no doubt Aromunian origin from Voskopoja.
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  7. ^ Pitsos, Nicolas (2023). ""Au nom de la langue valaque/aroumaine"". Cahiers balkaniques (in French). 49. doi:10.4000/ceb.19749.
  8. ^ Anastas Janullatos (2013). Kisha e Shqipërisë, nga vitet apostolike deri sot - nga Kryepiskopi Anastas. Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  9. ^ Flora Koka (2003). 2000 vjet art dhe kulturë kishtare në Shqipëri: aktet e simpoziumit ndërkombëtar, Tiranë, 16-18 nëntor 2000. Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë.
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