Ktetor

Desislava, ktetorissa of the Boyana Church in Sofia, Bulgaria.

A ktetor or ktitor (from Greek: κτήτωρ; Cyrillic: Ктитор; Georgian: ქტიტორი; Romanian: ctitor) is someone who provides the funds for construction or reconstruction of an Orthodox church or monastery, for the addition of icons, frescos, and other works of art. A Catholic equivalent of the term is a donator. The female form is ktetorissa or ktitorissa (Bulgarian: Ктиторица, Greek: Κτητόρισσα).

This Eastern Orthodox Christianity-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Ctirad Ovcacik Casio CTK-401 Look at other dictionaries: Prince Marko — Marko Марко King of the Serbian Land (only de jure) King Marko on a fresco above the south entrance to the church of Marko s Monastery near Skopje. He was a ktetor of this monastery …   Wikipedia Tornikios — T ornike (Lang ka|თორნიკე) also known as Tornikios or Thornikios (died in 985) was a retired Georgian general and monk who came to be better known as a founder of the formerly Georgian Orthodox Iviron Monastery on Mt Athos in the modern day… …   Wikipedia КТИТОР — КТИТОР, ктитора, муж. (греч. ktetor (хозяин) (церк. офиц). Церковный староста. Толковый словарь Ушакова. Д.Н. Ушаков. 1935 1940 …   Толковый словарь Ушакова КТИТОР — (греч., от ktitzo строю, основываю). Староста церковный, или лицо, на счет которого выстроен храм. Словарь иностранных слов, вошедших в состав русского языка. Чудинов А.Н., 1910. КТИТОР греч. ktitor, от ktitzo, строю, основываю. Староста… …   Словарь иностранных слов русского языка Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos — Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika * UNESCO World Heritage Site The Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos …   Wikipedia Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki) — For other places with the same name, see Church of the Holy Apostles (disambiguation). Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika * UNESCO World Heritage Site …   Wikipedia Musić noble family — Musić Country  Serbian Empire and Moravia …   Wikipedia Ktitor — ♦ A founder; e.g., monastery founders. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 624) Note: from Greek ktistes or ktetor Language: Slavic …   Medieval glossary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”