Protos
The protos ("first, premier") is a monastic office at the Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece. The office headquarters are located in Karyes, Mount Athos.
Protos
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- Civil Administrator of Mount Athos · pipe organ
- Region
- Byzantine Empire · Ottoman Empire
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Since the founding of the Karyes Protaton in the tenth century until 1312, the Protos was directly appointed by the Byzantine Emperor after being elected by the hegumenoi of Mount Athos. However, in November 1312, Andronikos II Palaiologos issued a chrysobull requiring the Protos to be appointed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople rather than by the Emperor. The third typikon of Mount Athos, issued in 1400 and signed by Manuel II Palaiologos, also reaffirmed this requirement while also restoring various rights and powers of the Protos.
List of protoi
List of protoi
• Christodoulos of Patmos, after 1093 • Hilarion • John Tarchaneiotes, ca. 1107 • John Chortaitinos, fl. 1253 • Niphon Kausokalybites, 1345-1347 • Anthony, 1348 (Serbian) • Dorotheus of Hilandar, 1356-1366 (Serbian)
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