[MGSA-L] Patriarchates in the Ottoman Empire

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FYI

    The Netherlands Institute at Athenscordially invites you to a Dialogos lecture by Dr Hasan Çolak, Leiden University 

 A Reassessment of the Eastern Patriarchates in the Ottoman Empire 
on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7 p.m. Netherlands Institute at AthensMakri 11, Makrygianni (metro Akropoli), booking required at nia at nia.gr     
     The study of the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire has longbeen shaped by the model suggested by the proponents of millet system. In this model,the role attributed to the Eastern Patriarchates (Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria) isone of submission to the demands of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the GreekOrthodox lay elites called Phanariots. Hasan Çolak challenges this view by shifting hisfocus from the Patriarchate of Constantinople to the very relations between the Ottomancentral administration and the Eastern Patriarchates. Introducing the concept of"patriarchal elites" which was formed in parallel to the Phanariot "lay elites" against theinfiltration of Catholicism, the speaker explains the centralisation of the EasternPatriarchates at a time often referred to as an age of political decentralisation. Beginningto establish closer ties with the Ottoman central administration and the Greek Orthodoxof Istanbul in the 18th century, the Eastern Patriarchs began to cooperate more with theOttoman central administration than their partners during the initial periods of theOttoman rule in the Middle East, namely foreign courts and semi-autonomous provincialrulers. 




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