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Village near the lake of Nicaea which was inhabited exclusively by a Greek Orthodox population. |
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Pachomios II of Constantinople |
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An ecumenical patriarch with a short service (1584-1585), who had previously served as the metropolitan of Caesarea (1583-1584). His ascent to the patriarchal throne was helped by the fact he was the teacher of sultan Mehmet III. |
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A musicologist and a pioneer of the scientific exploration of folk music. He documented a great number of songs and presented them to the music audience of his era, aiming to prove a relation with the ancient Greek music. |
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Paisios I of Constantinople |
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An ecumenical patriarch not particularly distinguished (1652-1653 and 1654-1655). He originated from Lesbos, where he was born around the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century. After his dismissal he retreated at Chalki, receiving “eis zoarkeian” the metropolis of Ephesus and Cyzicus. He probably died at Chalki during the second half of the 17th century. |
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A priest from Pharasa of Cappadocia. He was the abbot of the monastery of Saint John the Baptist at Zintzidere and the metropolitan of Kaisareia from 1832 until his death in 1871. He was one of the most important prelates of Cappadocia, during the 19th century. |
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Paisios II of Constantinople |
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A metropolitan of Nicomedeia from Caesarea (1712-26) and an Ecumenical Patriarch with four duties between 1726 and 1750. |
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City in Mysia between Lampsacus and Parion. Homer reports it as a part of the Trojan Kingdom. By the 1st c. BC it was abandoned. |
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After the conquest of Sardis in c. 546 BC, Cyrus entrusted the Lydian Paktyes to accumulate and transfer the treasury of the Lydian kingdom to Persia. However, when Cyrus departed, Paktyes induced a revolt, having the support of the Greek cities of Asia Minor. Nevertheless, upon the arrival of Cyrus’ military forces, the rebels dispersed. Paktyes fled to Cyme, then to Mytilene and finally to Chios. The Chians turned him over to the Persians. The failure of his rebellion left the Lydians and the... |
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