Theoklitos Farmakidis
Theoklitos Farmakidis | |
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Theoklitos Farmakidis Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos | |
Born | (1784-01-15)15 January 1784 Nibegler near Larissa, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 26 April 1860(1860-04-26) (aged 76) Athens, Kingdom of Greece |
Era | Age of Enlightenment |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Liberalism, Modern Greek Enlightenment |
Main interests | Freedom of religion, Greek Independence |
Theoklitos Farmakidis (born Theoharis Farmakidis; Greek: Θεόκλητος (Θεοχάρης) Φαρμακίδης; 1784–1860) was a Greek scholar and journalist. He was a notable figure of the Modern Greek Enlightenment.
Biography
He was born in 1784 in Nibegler (Νιμπεγλέρ) near Larissa, in the Thessaly region of northern Greece. He studied at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College and the Princely Academy of Iași. After Anthimos Gazis he continued the publishing of Hermes o Logios with his partner Konstantinos Kokkinakis. He joined the Philiki Etaireia and became an admirer of Adamantios Korais, 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. In August 1821, in Kalamata he started publishing the Greek newspaper Elliniki Salpinx ("Greek Bugle"). He took part at the National Assemblies of Epidaurus and Astros and later he taught in the Ionian Academy (1823-1825).
Thought
He was a supporter of the English party and Alexandros Mavrokordatos. During the reign of Otto, 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 Jonas King, the controversial Protestant missionary in Greece.
A strongly pro-West supporter, he was against the Greek involvement in the Crimean War.
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.
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- Asma Polemistirion
- Salpisma Polemistirion
- Adelphiki Didaskalia
- Geographia Neoteriki
- Hellenic Nomarchy
- Hellenic Library
- Ephimeris
- Calliope
- Rossaglogallos
- Hermes o Logios
- Politika Parallela
- Thourios or Patriotic hymn
- Pamphlet of Rigas Feraios
- Map of Greece
- New Map of Wallachia and part of Transylvania
- Real Bliss
- General Map of Moldavia
- Gnostike, Stoicheia Philosophias
- Methodios Anthrakites
- Kosmas Balanos
- Athanasios Christopoulos
- Neophytos Doukas
- Vikentios Damodos
- Theoklitos Farmakidis
- Rigas Feraios
- Anthimos Gazis
- Georgios Gennadios
- Theophilos Kairis
- Theodore Kavalliotis
- Grigorios Konstantas
- Adamantios Korais
- Konstantinos Koumas
- Stefanos Kanellos
- Sevastos Leontiadis
- Benjamin of Lesbos
- Iosipos Moisiodax
- Minas Minoidis
- Konstantinos Michail
- Konstantinos Nikolopoulos
- Michail Papageorgiou
- Christodoulos Pablekis
- Daniel Philippidis
- Athanasios Psalidas
- Theoklitos Polyeidis
- Athanasios Stageiritis
- Konstantinos Tzechanis
- Neophytos Vamvas
- Ioannis Vilaras
- Eugenios Voulgaris
- Philomuse Society
- Filiki Eteria
- Ionian Academy
- Orphanage of Kairis
- Moscopole printing house