KATASTROFALAN POZAR U MANASTIRU HILANDARU
Nocas oko 1 cas posle ponoci manastir Hilandar na Svetoj Gori zahvatio je katastrofalan pozar koji jos uvek nije sasvim ugasen. Povredjenih nema, a vatrogasci, monasi i radnici u manastiru drze vatrenu stihiju pod kontrolom. Pozar, koji se sirio preko krovova, potpuno je unistio deo manastirskog kompleksa od igumanove kelije, preko gostoprimnice sve do Pirga Svetog Save. Van domasaja vatre su ostali crkva kralja Milutina, riznica, arhiva i biblioteka manastira.
U gasenju pozara i njegovoj lokalizaciji ucestvovalo je pet vatrogasnih vozila pristiglih iz Kareje, administrativnog sedista Svete Gore i Poligirosa, grada na Halkidikiju.
Severozapadni deo konaka koji je izgoreo, podignut je 1821. godine, a nedavno je potpuno obnovljen. U njemu su se nalazili administrativna uprava manastira, gostoprimnica i sobe za smestaj gostiju. Severoistocni, Beli konak, podignut 1598. godine, se nalazio u fazi generalne obnove.
RACUNI ZA POMOC NASTRADALOM MANASTIRU HILANDARU
Na molbu mnogih vernih koji se od jutros telefonom ili licno javljaju u Srpsku Patrijarsiju u Beogradu, u zelji da pomognu obnovu, od posledica pozara izgorelih zgrada manastira Hilandara, Njegova Svetost Patrijarh srpski G. Pavle je blagoslovio da se otvori ziro i devizni racun, na koji ce se moci uplacivati prilozi:
Racuni su otvoreni kod Privredne banke Beograd D.D., i to:
dinarski br. 908-25501-08-5070-1810003
devizni br. 5428-0588005
Njegova Svetost Patrijarh G. Pavle blagodari svima koji imaju zelju, potrebu i mogucnost da pomognu obnovu ove drevne srpske lavre.
CATASTROPHIC FIRE IN CHILANDAR MONASTERY
(BELGRADE) 4 March 2004 – Last night after midnight Chilandar Monastery on Mount Athos was caught by catastrophic fire, which is still not completely extinguished. There are no casualties, and the firefighters, monks and workers in the monastery are keeping the fire under control. The fire, which spread by rooftop, completely destroyed a part of the monastery complex from the abbot’s cell, through the hospitality rooms all the way to the Tower of Saint Sava. The Church of King Milutin, the treasury, archives and monastery library remain out of the fire’s range. Five fire engines from Kareia, the administrative center of Mount Athos and the Chalkidiki Peninsula, joined in extinguishing and containing the fire.
The northwest part of the monastery residence, erected in 1821, and recently completely renovated, was burned. The administrative center of the monastery, the hospitality room and guest rooms were located in this section. The northeastern, White Residence, erected in 1598, which was under general restoration, was also destroyed in the fire.
