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  Phanar - Encyclopedia.com
Under the Ottoman Empire, Phanar was the residence of the privileged Greek families, called Phanariots.
Visiting the Phanar, the Cathedral Church of St George, Dr Williams said his trip was a sign of the unity in Christ's Church.
Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Dialogue with Islam, in Phanari: 400 Chronia (Istanbul: The Ecumenical Patriarchate, 2001...
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Phanar.html   (996 words)

  
 Phanar - OrthodoxWiki
As a result, Phanar is often used as shorthand for the Ecumenical Patriarchate just as Vatican is used for the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.
Thus, the Phanar was the center of Orthodox Christian culture under the Ottomans.
The seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch is the Cathedral of St George, which is located in the Phanar.
www.orthodoxwiki.org /Phanar   (273 words)

  
 Phanar - Research the news about Phanar - from HighBeam Research
Benedict is the third pope to visit the Phanar, following in the footsteps of Paul VI...
When Patriarch Athenagoras, on the occasion of the visit of the pope to the Phanar on July 25, 1967, addressed him as 'the successor of Peter, the first in honor among us, the one who has the presidency in love...
Orthodox Christians in the United States and worldwide, told a delegation of Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians visiting the Phanar, the Vatican of Eastern Orthodoxy, in Constantinople that he is hopeful that the two churches will achieve unity.
www.highbeam.com /search.aspx?FN=SS&search_newspapers=on&search_magazines=on&q=Phanar&refid=ency_botnm   (1147 words)

  
 Phanar looks for ways to make charter rejection palatable
During the first meeting between the Patriarchate and the Archdiocesan charter committees that took place on December 1, 2000 at the Phanar, the representatives of the Patriarchate expressed reluctance to accept the proposed charter as the Herald revealed in its December 9-10, 2000 issue.
In case Demetrios refuses to follow Phanar's directions, the Patriarchate "is planning through articles in newspapers in Greece to exercise pressure on him by presenting him as uncooperative and the one who is trying to disassociate the Church of America from the Patriarchate."
It is believed that one of the plans the Phanar has under consideration is to procrastinate until some of the Metropolitans of the current Synod of America retire and are replaced by Patriarchate appointees who will tilt the will of the Synod in favor of the Phanar.
www.geocities.com /orthodox_truth/art_41.html   (1276 words)

  
 Greece
It is that mighty force, undying from Homer to the present Phanar at Constantinople, that, through all changes of government, has been expressed in the same language, has evolved its own ideals, and, unbroken in its continuity for nearly thirty centuries, has moulded to its own likeness nearly every race it met.
The oecumenical patriarch took the place of the emperor; his court, the Phanar, was the heart of Hellenism, where the purest Greek was spoken, the memory of the old Greek States most alive.
But, in spite of Greek enthusiasm for Gregory V (his relics were buried with great honour at Athens in 1871), the court of the patriarch (the Phanar) was too much under the power of the sultan for the free Greeks to submit to its jurisdiction.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/greece.html   (10854 words)

  
  The Patriarchate at the Phanar (1600 to the present time)
It lacked size and importance and, consequently, unlike the two previous patriarchal cathedrals, it was later rebuilt and enlarged within the precincts of the Patriarchate's complex.
Before its use as patriarchal church it served the needs of the parish of the Diplophanarion, a parish independent of the Phanar, with its boundaries clearly defined by the earlier <>, a walled enclave the interior of which it occupied.
Following these renovations, the church and the patriarchal establishment became sufficiently spacious for the necessities of religious worship and the discharge of the administrative activities of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
www.patriarchate.org /ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_2/At_the_Phanar.html   (2518 words)

  
 Athens News
The major synod was called on May 17 by Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos, who is first among equals in the Orthodox world, entrusted by church canons with the authority to coordinate the independent Orthodox churches with a view to preserving their unity.
The Phanar long avoided holding any synod, but if one were to be held, most thought it would include only Greek church leaders, without Christodoulos.
But the protracted nature of the deepening crisis, and the apparent reluctance of the government of Jordan to officially publish a royal decree to ratify the cabinet's decision recognising the Jerusalem bishops' decision to depose Eirinaios, is believed to have forced Vartholomeos' hand.
www.athensnews.gr /athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13131&t=01&m=A03&aa=1   (1246 words)

  
 Which Way Orthodoxy?
Rancor erupted during the late nineties when the Patriarchate -- often referred to as the Phanar, after the district in Constantinople where it is located -- pressured Archbishop Iakovos to resign, replacing him with Archbishop Spyridon.
But critics of the Phanar counter that the crisis was caused not by an immature American church, but by a Patriarchate bent on subjugating a restive and stubborn American flock.
Calls for Spyridon's resignation were initially greeted with stern disdain by the Phanar, who vowed that "he will be your Archbishop...until he dies." A few months later, however, Spyridon was replaced by the current Archbishop, Demetrios, and reappointed to a province in Turkey.
helleniccomserve.com /charter.html   (648 words)

  
 Patriarchate Denies US Church Autonomy
Proposed changes to the deal reached between the Phanar and the American committee on the charter were voted on at the July Clergy-Laity Conference in a special plenary session where Archbishop Demetrios allowed extensive debate.
That drew strong criticism from the Phanar on the grounds that clergy-laity conferences are not authorised to discuss dogmatic issues.
The practice of praying for the archbishop - in addition to the patriarch - during all church services was considered an important symbolic confirmation of the unity of the archdiocese.
www.helleniccomserve.com /patriarchatedeniesautonomy.html   (898 words)

  
 CHRISTOPHER A LONG — Greek Migrations — A Talk given at the London Hellenic Centre
Other migrants to the Phanar were the Callimachis (Florentine), the Ghika (Albanian), the Mourousis (from Asia Minor), the Mavroyeni (from Mykonos), the Mavrogordato or Mavrocordato (from Chios) and the Rosetti (from Genoa).
Genealogies] became the Phanar élite of the C17th and C18th and the torchbearers of Greek heritage.
Of 41 high dignitaries of the Phanar between 1741 and 1821 almost half were assassinated in office — 7 executed, 6 decapitated, 2 strangled, 2 stabbed and 1 hanged.
www.christopherlong.co.uk /migrations/index.html   (7735 words)

  
 Good news for Orthodox in Turkey?
They cannot enter the Phanar's main gate because it was welded shut in 1821 after the Ottoman Turks hanged Patriarch Gregory V from its lintel.
The Orthodox and other religious minorities are anxious to have more control over their finances, to be able to grant work permits to foreign clergy, to freely elect their own leaders and to build and rebuild sanctuaries.
The gate to the Phanar was been sealed for many generations.
tmatt.gospelcom.net /column/2004/07/07   (740 words)

  
 Great symbols from pope and patriarch, but no breakthroughs, By John L. Allen, Jr., National Catholic Reporter
In a divine liturgy celebrated today at the Phanar, the headquarters of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Pope Benedict XVI pledged that “the Catholic Church is ready to do everything possible” to promote unity between the 250 million Orthodox believers in the world and the roughly 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
Benedict XVI is actually the third pope to visit the Phanar, following in the footsteps of Paul VI in 1967 and John Paul II in 1979.
Also at the Phanar, Benedict pressed one of the leitmotifs of his pontificate, the appeal for greater religious liberty.
www.jknirp.com /nobreak.htm   (1093 words)

  
 [MGSA-L] Trip of Pope John Paul II to Phanar canceled
Another possible reason is that the Pope -perhaps on second thought- wanted to spare the Patriarch from a potential embarrassment (vide infra) and by the same token, the Turkish authorities from an acute migrainous episode let alone a security nightmare.
The visit of the Pope to Phanar would have been seen as recognition of the Patriarch's Ecumenical authority and prestige as the spiritual leader of 200 million Orthodox Christians throughout the world, and as the 'primus inter pares' (the 'first among equals') in the hierarchy of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Again, a Vatican delegation is expected to return the relics to Phanar on the occasion of the Orthodox feast day of Saint Andrew on November 30th.
maillists.uci.edu /mailman/public/mgsa-l/2004-November/004443.html   (596 words)

  
 Representation of the European Commission to Turkey | Avrupa Komisyonu Turkiye Temsilciligi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The historical quarters of Phanar and Balat today look very different from what they were in the past… They are rather worse off in economic terms.
The quarters of Phanar and Balat are also important in symbolic terms as they house the Patriarchate of Phanar and the Greek College whose foundation dates back earlier than the conquest of Istanbul.
The most important characteristic of the Phanar and Balat houses is that they are historical houses made of stone, mostly single-storied, decked with special decorations and lined up along narrow streets.
www.deltur.cec.eu.int /english/guncel/ghaber-dec_06.html   (765 words)

  
 Phanar - Research the news about Phanar - from HighBeam Research
Turkish policemen patrol the area near the Phanar Patriarchate...
A Turkish policeman carries a guardrail near the Phanar Patriarchate...
A Turkish riot policeman patrols the area in front of the Phanar...
www.highbeam.com /search.aspx?FN=SS&search_images=on&search_maps=on&q=Phanar&refid=ency_botnm   (370 words)

  
 Common Declaration by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew I
On Thursday 30 November [2006], after the Divine Liturgy in St George's Patriarchal Church at the Phanar, Istanbul, the Holy Father and the Ecumenical Patriarch, from a second floor balcony, blessed the faithful gathered in the courtyard below respectively in Latin and in Greek.
We have recalled with thankfulness the meetings of our venerable predecessors, blessed by the Lord, who showed the world the urgent need for unity and traced sure paths for attaining it, through dialogue, prayer and the daily life of the Church.
They left us a common declaration which retains all its value; it emphasizes that true dialogue in charity must sustain and inspire all relations between individuals and between Churches, that it “must be rooted in a total fidelity to the one Lord Jesus Christ and in mutual respect for their own traditions” (Tomos Agapis, 195).
www.ewtn.com /library/PAPALDOC/b16bart1decl.htm   (1460 words)

  
 Archbishop Spyridon Today
In an interview to "Proini" on the agreement reached at the Phanar regarding the revision of the Archdiocese's Charter, the former Archbishop of America, Spyridon, foresees the Archbishop's role as even more difficult following the elevation of dioceses to metropolitanates.
Is the role of the Archbishop, as metropolitan amongst metropolitans (as the Phanar plans), downgraded or is he upgraded as chairman of a synod composed of metropolitans?
Time will ultimately show whether the new "agreement" is capable of forestalling a new crisis, especially since the protagonists this time will be the supporters of autocephaly, and their numbers are increasing day by day.
www.spyridon.net /EN/spyr_today/spt_intv2a.html   (1099 words)

  
 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese - Articles by Justine Frangouli
Greek-American circles estimate that the Patriarch’s haste in calling on Spyridon to travel to the Phanar immediately is due to Bartholomew’s profound concern about the Archbishop’s intense efforts to advance the Cyprus issue.
Equally, it is felt that in spite of his long tenure he has not succeeded in bridging the gap between Archdiocese of Australia and the local Old Calendarist communities.
Neverthless, the Phanar artfully suppresses all mention of his name, unwilling to let its sole candidate get a bad press, given that Metropolitan Maximos had recently committed a theological faux-pas by signing a joint Orthodox-Catholic document that recognized the validity of Catholic baptism.
www.spyridon.net /EN/author/2Ek-Eleftherotypia.html   (571 words)

  
 Which Way Orthodoxy?
Were the American church to become autocephalous, the Phanar would lose the largest Archdiocese over which it still retains administrative control.
Indeed, rancorous disputes have frequently erupted between the Phanar and the fiercely independent Greek church.
The Archdiocese and Phanar, Kopan said, are trying to hammer out an agreement which they can then present as a "done deal." The proposed Charter, she added, significantly limits the role of the laity, stripping away jurisdictional power and consigning it to an "advisory role."
www.helleniccomserve.com /charter2.html   (1156 words)

  
 The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOA) Granted Autonomy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Phanar rejected the GOA hierarchs' proposal and substituted its own proposed charter for the GOA, which would increase its control over the GOA and its parish properties, and decrease the role of the U.S. clergy and laity in the GOA's governance.
In the AOA, the U.S. clergy, laity, and hierarchs were all united behind the AOA's autonomy proposal, which passed the AOA General Assembly on July 27, 2001 with a 97.7% favorable vote.
In contrast, the GOA hierarchs' original autonomy proposal to the Phanar was quite specific, calling for the GOA Synod to elect its own bishops, and the Phanar to elect the GOA Archbishop from among three candidates nominated by the GOA Synod.
www.peterpaul.net /articles/autonomy.htm   (1572 words)

  
 Archbishop Spyridon of America (1996-1999)
Both Church and community were blatantly exploited to serve the narrow purposes of the Phanar.
In this tumultuous three-year period, the institutions were subjugated to the interests of a small, but influential group within the Archdiocese of America.
Today resting on its laurels, The National Herald criticizes the Phanar and propagandizes for the autocephalous movement in the Church of America.
www.spyridon.net /EN/prt_alone.html   (781 words)

  
 CONSTANTINOPLE - HISTORICAL MOMENTS DURING THE VISIT OF POPE IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
This Love of Jesus was cause and the reason of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Patriarch the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios, in the Church of New Rome witch is Constantinople, where it visited in his second travel from his election Turkey.
The Phanar welcomed with splendour Pope Benedict XVI on his first visit to the seat of the Ecumenical Throne.
This was a historical continuation of the meetings that took place between Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI, which led to the removal of the Anathemas, imposed by either side, at the time of the great Schism in 1054, leaving Christendom divided.
www.apodimos.com /arthra/06/Dec/CONSTANTINOPLE_HISTORICAL_MOMENTS_DURING_THE_VISIT_OF_THE_POPE/index.htm   (1550 words)

  
 PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE WARNS ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS OF USA
The Patriarch did not forget his agenda which was to bring about a pliable and subservient clergy and laity and that he would control and exploit the archdiocese by changing its type of administration to favor the Mother Church at the expense, welfare and progress of the GOA.
Such things as the elimination of the human rights of the individual, ruling with an iron hand that demanded unquestioned obedience, and using the Church for its own purposes (although they rationalized that it was for the “good of the Church”).
The Phanar obviously believes that the proposed charter is a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.
www.orthodox-christian-comment.co.uk /patriarchate_warns_demetriosof_america.htm   (1679 words)

  
 ORTHODOXY OR DEATH!
They are precisely the ones who help to implement the policy agreeable to both the civil authorities and the Phanar [538], by destroying monasticism and being accessories to persecution against those who remain faithful to Orthodoxy.
Since then Phanar has undertaken even more insolent steps and developed unprecedented ecumenical activity when in June of 1993 it concluded the Balamand Agreement with the Vatican, and in November of the same year -- the Chambesy Agreement with the Monophysites.
Moreover they were not even presented with a copy of the decision of either the Sacred Council, or of the civil authorities testifying to their eviction.
ecumenizm.tripod.com /ECUMENIZM/id33.html   (3406 words)

  
 News and events
The Panorthodox Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is due to begin on Tuesday morning in Phanar to decide on the future of Eirinaios, who is expected to arrive in Istanbul today.
However, Mr Eirinaios stated: "I am ready and I am not going to Phanar to stand trial." Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stated he is troubled with the development of the Synod, while he also underlined the importance of a unanimous decision.
In the meantime, Archbishop Christodoulos will be arriving in Phanar on Monday authorized by the Continuous Holy Synod to handle the stance of the Greek Church at his own will.
www.mpc.org.mk /English/news2.asp?id=807   (337 words)

  
 Phanar - Constantinople
After the fall of Constantinople (29 May 1453), the Ecumenical Patriarch shouldered the responsibilities of Ethnarch for all the Orthodox peoples of the Ottoman State and undertook administrative and juridicial responsibilities in civil cases concerning the Orthodox.
In 1599 the Ecumenical Patriarchate settled in Phanar, the historic area of Constantinople, where it remains until today.
In 1882 during the Patriarchate of Joachim III, the Great School of the Nation was housed in a new, large building in the area of Phanar.
members.fortunecity.com /fstav1/phanar/phanar.html   (593 words)

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