Theoklitos Farmakidis (born Theoharis Farmakidis; el, Θεόκλητος (Θεοχάρης) Φαρμακίδης; 1784–1860) was a Greek scholar and journalist. He was a notable figure of the

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Biography

He was born in 1784 in Nibegler (Νιμπεγλέρ) near Larissa, in the

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region of

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. He studied at the

Phanar Greek Orthodox College Phanar Greek Orthodox College or Phanar Roman Orthodox Lyceum ( tr, Özel Fener Rum Lisesi), known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation and Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople ( el, Μεγάλη του Γένους Σχολή, ''Megáli t ...

and the

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. After Anthimos Gazis he continued the publishing of ''

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'' with his partner Konstantinos Kokkinakis. He joined the '' Philiki Etaireia'' and became an admirer of

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, supporter of Greek independence and critic of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Greek Revolution

After the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, he approached

Dimitrios Ypsilantis Demetrios Ypsilantis (alternatively spelled Demetrius Ypsilanti; el, Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης, ; ro, Dumitru Ipsilanti; 1793August 16, 1832) was a Greek army officer who served in both the Hellenic Army and the Imperial Russian Ar ...

. In August 1821, in

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he started publishing the Greek newspaper ''Elliniki Salpinx'' ("Greek Bugle"). He took part at the National Assemblies of Epidaurus and

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and later he taught in the

Ionian Academy The Ionian Academy ( el, Ιόνιος Ακαδημία) was the first Greek academic institution established in modern times. It was located in Corfu. It was established by the French during their administration of the island as the ''département ...

(1823-1825).

Thought

He was a supporter of the English party and Alexandros Mavrokordatos. During the reign of

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, he was advisor on ecclesiastical/religious matters and supporter of the establishment of the Church of Greece. He was liberal and tolerant to the different dogmas and became friend with

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, the controversial Protestant missionary in Greece. A strongly pro-West supporter, he was against the Greek involvement in the

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Selected works

* ''Elements of the Greek language'', Athens, 1815 * ''Apology'', Athens, 1840 * ''The Synodal Tome or About the Truth'', Athens, 1852

Sources

* Βγένα Α. Βαρθολομαίου, ''Η δίκη του Θεόκλητου Φαρμακίδη (1829-1839)'', ''Μνήμων'' 4 (1974), σελ. 172–214. {{DEFAULTSORT:Farmakidis, Theoklitos 1784 births 1860 deaths 19th-century Greek philosophers Greek theologians Greek scholars Greek people of the Greek War of Independence People of the Modern Greek Enlightenment Members of the Filiki Eteria Greek Eastern Orthodox priests 19th-century Eastern Orthodox priests Enlightenment philosophers Age of Enlightenment People from Larissa (regional unit)