The Cretan mason Meletios Metaxakis sitted to Patriarchate throne with support of
Venizelos and his supporters in February, 1922. He has demonstrated behaviors that support
the desires of the Helens, but he changed his attitudes with the Mudanya Armistice. Meletios
was panicked and he sent to Lausanne, Patriarchate representatives to advise the Greek
delegation also asked from Orthodox states to support the Patriatchate during the peace negotiations. After the thesis of the Turkish delegate at Laussane to take the Patriarchate out
of Turkey, the future of the Patriarchate has been discussed in details by the Fener society.
The position of the Meletios get worse after the declaration of the Greek Government, that the
resignation of him can be accepted with the condition of remain the Patriarchate in Istanbul
and for the improvement of the Turkish-Greek relations. Meletios has said his opinion that
the Patriarchate can be moved to Greece and for this he pointed the city Thessaloniki. At the
begining he resisted the suggestios about his resignation, but he forced to resign after the same
opinion of Venizelos. At the article the attitude of Maletios has been examined according to
Greek sources during the Lausanne Peace negotiations.
Meletios Metaksakis Patrikhane Fener Helen Rum Yunan Lozan Ortodoks
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | January 13, 2017 |
Submission Date | January 12, 2016 |
Published in Issue | Year 2016 Volume: 16 Issue: 33 |