Protos (monastic office)
The protos (Greek: πρώτος, "first, premier") is a monastic office at the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece.
Authority
The office is assumed by a monk who is elected among the members of the Iera Epistasia ("Holy Administration") 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.
List of protoi
- Christodoulos of Patmos,[1] after 1093
- Hilarion[2]
- John Tarchaneiotes, ca. 1107[3]
- John Chortaitinos,[4] fl. 1253
- Niphon Kausokalybites, 1345-1347[5]
- Anthony, 1348 (Serbian)[5]
- Dorotheus of Hilandar, 1356-1366 (Serbian)[5]
References
- Angold (2000), p. 267
- Angold (2000), p. 595
- Angold (2000), p. 282
- Angold (2000), p. 591
- Fine (1994), p. 312
Sources
- 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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