Uludağ Monasteries and Monk Life Discussed

This week, 'The historical heritage of Uludağ' was discussed in the interview programs organized for the personnel in the Metropolitan Municipality.

Professional Tourist Guide Ömer Kaptan was the last guest of the talk programs that covered many topics such as philosophy, history, economics, sociology, art and culture. The conversation, which was planned in order to contribute to the personal development of the personnel apart from technical, vocational and legislative training, to learn the historical, cultural and artistic values ​​of the city and to raise awareness, focused on Uludağ monasteries and monk life.

Emphasizing that Uludağ, which was called Keşiş Mountain during the Ottoman Empire, had this name before, Ömer Kaptan said that there are a total of 147 monasteries in Uludağ, and that the monastic life has come to life since the Late Antiquity. Captain, from the 4th century onwards, two types of monk life developed; He said that in the first one, life alone without contact with people was preferred, and in the second, an alternative was developed for the first one, based on the fact that monkhood should be beneficial to the society.

The captain also claimed that Uludag in the 8th century, III in 726. Starting with Leon and in 843 III. He emphasized that he witnessed a very active monk life in line with the political-strategic transformation of the Byzantine State in the image-breaking (Iconoclasm) period, which ended with Empress Theodora, who ruled the state on behalf of Mikhail. He emphasized that monastic and monk life peaked between the 8th and 11th centuries, and that Byzantine emperors frequently visited the Uludag geography in these centuries.

At the end of the talk, a miniature painting was presented to the Professional Tourist Guide Ömer Kaptan by the Education Branch Directorate.