Bishop Neophyte ( Greek επίσκοπος Νεόφυτος ; 1790 , Phyllus , Euboea - 1851 , Chalkis ) - bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church , a participant in the Greek War of Independence from 1821-1829 .
| Bishop Neophyte | ||
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| Επίσκοπος Νεόφυτος | ||
 Neophyte Carist | ||
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| Church | Greek Orthodox Church | |
| Birth | 1790 Filla , Euboea | |
| Death | 1851 Halkis | |
Biography
The future Bishop Neophyte was born in 1790 in the village of Filla on the island of Euboea, Middle Greece, having received the name Nikolaos Adamis at birth. There is little information about his youth. His father died before the birth of Nikolaos. Received primary education from a rural priest. He was given to the apprentice to help the family, but after the beating, his mother gave him to the monastery of St. George, where he received the name Neophytos. The neophyte, possessing a natural musical gift and voice, proved himself in church music.
He was sent by the monastery to Epirus to study with the Metropolitan of the city of Ioannin Hierofei, after which he followed Metropolitan Porfiry to the city of Arta . Upon his return, he became bishop of Karistos (Mr. Euboea). He was initiated into the revolutionary society of Filiki Eteria . [one]
The beginning of the Greek Revolution of 1821 caught Neophyte on the islands of Andros and Tinos . Having built up a hastily detachment of 400 Andriots and Tinos, Neofit, at his own expense, chartered a ship from the island of Hydra and in August 1821 landed in Kissouri, Euboea. After the Ottoman troops left the fortress of Chalkis, Neophytus and his rebels retreated to Stira, on the west coast of the island. Noting his merits at the beginning of the revolution on Euboea, historians do not put him on a par with the heroes of the Greek revolution and note the fact that in Steer he led the rebels on board the ship of the idriot captain Negas [2] .
The military leader Nikolaos Kriyotis, who was accompanied by his Montenegrin twin-brother Vasos Mavrovuniotis and his brother Rado, hurried to the aid of Neophytus. This was the first battle of the Mavrovuniotis in the Greek Revolution. However, the help of the military leaders could not stop the flight of inexperienced Neophyte rebels.
In November 1821, Neophyte undertook a second expedition to Euboea and landed on November 20 near the city of Eretria . Odysseus Andrutzos offered to send help from 600 fighters, but Neophytos refused to help the military commander persecuted by the government. Upon learning that Kiryakulis Mavromihalis and Ilias Mavromihalis were in Athens, Neophytos turned to them for help.
On January 5, 1822, 600 manat landed in Aliveri. On January 11, the manat defeated the Turks in Stira, but immediately the next day died Ilias Mavromihalis and the Eubais turned to Odysseus Andrutzos for help, not paying attention to Neofit’s objections [2] .
Andrutzos saved the situation, but was recalled by the government. After the death of the local commander Angelis Govios, military operations on the island were limited to minor skirmishes and Euboea, for the most part, despite all the subsequent actions of Neophyte, remained until the end of the war under the control of the Ottomans [3] .
Remaining in the shadow after liberation, Neophytus died in 1851 in the city of Chalkis .
Links
- ↑ [Αναστάσιος Γούδας, Bίοι Παράλληλοι, Τ.1 Κλήρος]
- ↑ 1 2 [Δημήτρης Φωτιάδης, Ή Επανάσταση του 1821, ΜΕΛΙΣΣΑ 1971, τ.Β, σ.204]
- ↑ [Δημήτρης Φωτιάδης, Ή Επανάσταση του 1821, ΜΕΛΙΣΣΑ 1971, τ.Β, σ.206-207]
Sources
- Αναστάσιος Γούδας. Bίοι Παράλληλοι, Τ.1 Κλήρος . - Εν Aθήναις: Εκ του Τυπογραφείου Μ. Π. Περίδου, 1869.