Volume III - 1949

Author Category Volume Page Year Language Fanourakis Ε. PAPERS AND STUDIES 3 351 - 362 1949 Greek Title Unpublished ecclesiastical documents from the period of Turkish rule, deposited in Heraklion Museum. III. Documents between the metropolis and bishops of Crete and from the Church of Crete to the Christian community Summary PDF Continuing the publication of ecclesiastical sources of Cretan history with letters from the Metropolis and bishops of Crete and epistles to the Orthodox faithful, written in the period 1779 - 1798. These are: a) a letter from Zacharias, Metropolitan of Crete, assigning the pastoral administration of Sfakia Province to Parthenios, Bishop of Aulopotamos; b) a letter from the same Metropolitan concerning the transfer of Philotheos, Bishop of Sitia, to the bishopric of Knossos; c) a synodic penance imposed by the Church of Crete on the robbers of Chatzi Yiannios Psarakis; d) a letter from Gerasimos, Bishop of Cydonia to Maximos, Metropolitan of Crete concerning the accusations against him made by the Christians; and e) a letter from Joasaph, Bishop of Kissamos, to the Metropolitan of Crete concerning the execution of certain commissions.