Volume V - 1951

Author Category Volume Page Year Language Fanourakis Ε. PAPERS AND STUDIES 5 295 - 301 1951 Greek Title Unpublished ecclesiastical documents from the period of Turkish rule, deposited in Heraklion Museum Summary PDF Continuing the publication of ecclesiastical sources of Cretan history with documents of the Metropolitan of Crete Meletios from 1832-1833. These are: a) a letter of reply and congratulations from Gerocyrillos on Paros; b) a letter from Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, thanking Meletios for welcoming his protosyngelos (chancellor) and refuting the calumnies concerning his supposedly negative disposition towards the Metropolitan; c) a letter of reply and congratulations from the heads of the Monastery of Vatopedi; d) a document from the Demogerontia of Santorini, requesting financial assistance for the completion of a church being built by Neophytos Pelonias; e) a letter from fellow-countryman Michael Tositzas in view of Mehmed Ali's visit to Crete.