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The protos (Greek: πρώτος, "first, premier") is a monastic office at the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece. The office headquarters are located in Karyes, Mount Athos.




Authority


The office is assumed by a monk who is elected among the members of the Iera Epistasia ("Holy Administration" or "Holy Executive Committee") which functions as the executive committee of the Iera Koinotita ("Holy Community") — the governing body of the monastic community of Mount Athos, composed of representatives from each of the Athonite monasteries — to be the head of the Athonite monastic community.
The Protos is also known as the Protos Hesychastes, or the "First Hesychast."




History


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


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)




References






= Sources

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Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece. ISBN 978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC 903320491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994), The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5
Michael Angold (2000), Church and society in Byzantium under the Comneni, 1081-1261




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