The yard north of the basilica also accommodated monastical buildings with a kitchen and a dining room.
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The eastern part of the yard was allocated for a residential building with ten identical monastical cells.
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They were formed by common people who imitated the way of life of the monks, without becoming part of a monastical order.
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During his patriarchate, the so-called Tragos, the first Charter of the monastical state of Mount Athos, was written and ratified.
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Some have also acquired the qualities of protective spirits, such as Battabara protector of the baths, or Fudaishi, protector of monastical librairies.
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However, historian Stefan Chureshki has emphasised that while Levski's post-monastical life was one of a martyr, it was incompatible with the Orthodox concept of sainthood.
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Many century-old inscriptions have also been preserved in the monastical premises, including the famous indented inscription of the monk Ivo Gramatik from 1308-1309.
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He was a man of religion and displayed his piety when he paid the debt of Mount Athos to the Porte, ensuring the continuity of Athos as an autonomous monastical community.
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Cloistered: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows