Parthenios’ Will

+ Paisios of Stagi confirms (calligraphic signature)

+ Our humility declares by this ecclesiastical letter of confirmation, as having come to me, ||2 this most holy abbot of the holy monastery of Meteora, who brought and ||3 announced to me, that the money given in three bags for the purchase of half the old village of Mar ||4 maro called, which became a monastic estate, existing from his own will, and by his own will and ||5 discretion, he dedicated it to this holy monastery of his penance of Meteora for his spiritual ||6 salvation, and his eternal memorial, so that it may remain an estate inseparable from this holy ||7 monastery, for all eternity; However, it is desired and preferred that the fruits and crops which it will ||8 receive annually from this donated private property of Marmaron to the holy monastery ||9 be spent and given to the purchase of pure oil, not linseed oil, and for candles, ||10 so that all the lamps of the holy church of the monastery may burn from it, for the forgiveness of his ||11 sins; seventy groszys are to be given for the oil, and thirty groszys for the candles, ||12 and it is to be held in his commemoration on the day of our holy father Onuphrius, commemorating the three mentioned names of Hierarch Parthenios, Parthenios and Kallinicos the Hieromonks, and to send out ||14 ten groszys on the same day for fish, and other food for the hospitality of the fathers; ||15 and the above order shall be in the hands of the custodian of the sacristy (sacristan) at the time; and this is the duty ||16 that the subsequent monastic fathers, and his successors ||17 abbots of the holy monastery, should immediately review, according to his own voluntary order and will; hence ||18 and the present letter of confirmation was made by me for my ratification, to the same He signed ||19 letters, and the rest of his colleagues, his fathers, may it be in everlasting memory and glory.

ᾳψϟη´ [=1798] June 12

+ the abbot of the holy monastery of Meteora Parthenios I confirm

EVERLASTING YOUR MEMORY, kyr PARTHENIOS

IO. ARVANITIS
Y. BILALIS
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