Protos of Mount Athos

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The Protos of Mount Athos is the senior monastic official who serves as the primate and representative head of the autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Iera Koinotita tou Agiou Orous 1
Protos of Mount Athos canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical office
monastic office
religious title
appliesToJurisdiction Mount Athos NERFINISHED
appointedBy Holy Community of Mount Athos NERFINISHED
representatives of the Athonite monasteries
associatedWith Athonite charter (typikon) NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlaceOfWorship Protaton Church in Karyes NERFINISHED
belongsTo hierarchy of Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical offices
ceremonialRole presides at pan-Athonite liturgical celebrations
signs official acts of the Holy Community
confersAuthorityOver external representation of Mount Athos
inter-monastic affairs of Mount Athos
country Greece
diplomaticRole represents Mount Athos before the Ecumenical Patriarch
represents Mount Athos before the Greek state
governingDocument Constitutional Charter of Mount Athos NERFINISHED
governsBody Holy Community of Mount Athos NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalStatus recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
hasGender male-only office
hasJurisdictionOver cells of Mount Athos
sketes of Mount Athos
twenty ruling monasteries of Mount Athos
historicalContext Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
languageUsed Greek
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Karyes NERFINISHED
meaningOfName “first” or “chief” in Greek
officeHolderSelectionMethod election by monastic representatives
officeScope administrative coordination of Athonite monasteries
spiritual leadership of Mount Athos
officeType lifetime office (subject to monastic norms)
partOf autonomous monastic polity of Mount Athos
positionHeldBy senior monk of Mount Athos
recognizedBy Greek Constitution NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
religiousOrder Eastern Orthodox monasticism
religiousTradition Byzantine monasticism
residence Karyes NERFINISHED
role chair of the Holy Community of Mount Athos
primate of the monastic community of Mount Athos
representative head of the monastic community of Mount Athos
seat Karyes NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED
titleInGreek Πρώτος τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους NERFINISHED
tradition Orthodox canon law
usesInsignia monastic mantle
staff of office

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Protaton Church associatedOffice Protos of Mount Athos
Holy Community of Mount Athos hasAlternativeName Protos of Mount Athos
this entity surface form: Iera Koinotita tou Agiou Orous