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Phanar

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Phanar or Fanar , Greek quarter of Constantinople (now Istanbul ). Under the Ottoman Empire, Phanar was the residence of the privileged Greek families, called Phanariots. They came into prominence in the late 17th cent. and held influential positions until the Greek war of independence began in 1821. The city is still the site of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople. ... Read more
Phanar, the
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Phanar, the. The official residence and court of the Oecumenical Patriarch at Constantinople . Read more
Ypsilanti
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Greek family of Phanariots (see under Phanar ). An early distinguished member, Alexander...proclaiming the independence of Greece. The Phanariot hospodar of Moldavia and the Greeks in...which had suffered long enough under Phanariot rule, refused to support the movement... Read more

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OPENING THE GATE OF PHANAR.(Kentucky Life: Religion)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 7/15/2004; 695 words ; ...metal-screening device. They cannot enter the Phanar's main gate because it was welded shut...religion as it is on basic human rights, said Phanar spokesman Father Dositheos, through an...these countries. But officials at the Phanar disagree and hope to verify reports that... Read more
Opening the gate of Phanar
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 7/16/2004; ; 692 words ; ...metal-screening device. They cannot enter the Phanar's main gate because it was welded shut...as it is on basic human rights," said Phanar spokesman Father Dositheos, through an...these countries." But officials at the Phanar disagree and hope to verify reports that... Read more
OPINION: Watch pope's solidarity with Orthodox Christians.
Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX); 11/28/2006; 700+ words ; ...Bartholomew, spiritual head of the world's 220 million Orthodox Christians. The entire Byzantine Empire has been reduced to the Phanar, he said, referring to the tiny Istanbul quarter that serves as patriarchal headquarters. Think of it! The magnificent Christian... Read more
Constantinople's Last Hurrah: Turkey and the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Magazine article from: World Policy Journal; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...brick drawn up steeply against the hills of Istanbul's Fener (Phanar) district overlooking the Golden Horn. The front gate was painted...the training ground for the sons of the wealthy and powerful Phanariot Greeks. Originally merchants and shipowners, these families... Read more
Diary
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 8/7/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...drive, we arrive in Iasi, once the cosmopolitan, decadent seat of the Greek princes of Moldavia, merchants from Constantinople's Phanar, some descended from Byzantine emperors. Iasi was a pot-pourri of Byzantine, Slav, Parisian and Ottoman culture that delighted... Read more
First trip to Istanbul for Archbishop of Canterbury.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/18/2003; 314 words ; ...interest in the Orthodox Churches, paid a formal visit to the Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch. Visiting the Phanar, the Cathedral Church of St George, Dr Williams said his trip was a sign of the unity in Christ's Church. 'It gives me great... Read more
Earthquake In Turkey: Istanbul's rich heritage of historic buildings `unscathed' Architectural Damage
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/18/1999; ; 371 words ; ...Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and his staff, were not injured by the earthquake, but like much of Istanbul's buildings, the Phanar, as the headquarters is known, is without electricity or working telephones. Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New... Read more
The Witness of the Orthodox Church.
Magazine article from: The Ecumenical Review; 1/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...1970s, the continuing attacks on the ecumenical patriarchate today. We may be confident that the Patriarch will remain in the Phanar for as long as he possibly can: but how much longer will he in fact be allowed to do so? The future of the patriarchate, in... Read more
Recent patriarchal encyclicals on religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
Magazine article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...lands of the Eastern Empire for much of the nineteenth century. In 1872 a Great Synod, held in our Patriarchal Cathedral at the Phanar, in the name of the Prince of Peace, issued an unqualified condemnation of the sin of phyletism, saying, We renounce, censure... Read more
The discreet charm of the little sister: France and Romania.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...this mutual indifference began to change. The Romanian principalities were then governed by a string of Greek princes from the Phanar district of Istanbul, appointed by the Sultan. The cultural development they promoted was of Byzantine and Greek influence... Read more

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