ktetor

plural ktetors

1. One who funds the building or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery.

   The closest figure to the central part of facade is the bearded ktitor of the church holding its model in his right hand.

   2004, Leri Tavadze, “Social Composition of Feudal Georgia According to Korogho Reliefs”, in Proceedings. Institute of Georgian History. Faculty of Humanities. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, volume 4, number 4

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   Sava drew upon the monastery’s typikon (rule or charter), which was his privilege as ktitor (founder) of the institution.

   1994, John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, page 38

   Theodora’s prime concern as founder, or ktitor, and first abbess of the nunnery is her daughter, Euphrosyne, who was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and to Christ when still a child.

   2004, Carolyn L. Connor, Women of Byzantium, page 268

   The Dragaš family regarded Poganovo as their “family monastery” but as far as I can determine there is no ktitor portrait there today.

   2016, Michael Palairet, Macedonia: A Voyage through History, Volume 1: From Ancient Times to the Ottoman Invasions, page 370