Stavropegial Monasteries of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Macedonia

Course Information
TitleΣταυροπηγιακές Μονές του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου στη Μακεδονία / Stavropegial Monasteries of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Macedonia
Code2293
FacultyTheology
SchoolTheology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorDimitrios Papazis
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600024763

Programme of Study: Anamorfōméno PPS Tmīmatos THeologías (2023-2024)

Registered students: 7
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesSpring-3

Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600285903
Type Of Offer
  • Disciplinary Course
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. Familiarize themselves with systematic scientific methodology, 2. Initiate themselves into research in the field of the history of monasticism, 3. Engage with significant stavropegial monasteries of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, 4. Investigate, through unpublished sources, the conditions, purposes, and outcomes of the actions of the Great Church of Christ for the orderly administration and operation of the stavropegial monasteries in its provinces, 5. Understand this unique monastic institution.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course examines the institution of the patriarchal stauropegion, particularly focusing on the most significant events and individuals who contributed to its formation throughout the history of patriarchal and stauropegial monasteries during the Ottoman period, drawing from the historical trajectory of the local churches of the provinces of Veria - Naousa and Kitros. -- Introduction -- The institution of the Patriarchal Stauropegion -- The privileged status of stauropegial monasteries -- The Holy Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner (Skete) of Veria: Historical elements -- The Holy Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner (Skete) of Veria and the ecclesiastical figures associated with it -- Patriarchal sigils of granting and renewing stauropegial privileges of the Holy Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner (Skete) of Veria, 17th-18th centuries -- Patriarchal sigils of granting and renewing stauropegial privileges of the Holy Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner (Skete) of Veria, 19th century -- The Monastery of Saint Athanasios of Sfinitsa: A historical overview (1788-1994) -- New findings on the history of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Makryrachi of Pieria until the early 20th century -- Unpublished documents of the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the Holy Monastery of the Presentation of the Theotokos of Petra Olympus. Part A -- Unpublished documents of the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the Holy Monastery of the Presentation of the Theotokos of Petra Olympus. Part B -- Sarantinos, founder of the Holy Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner of Petra Veria -- Epilogue – Conclusions.
Keywords
Patriarchal Stavropegion, Stavropegial Monasteries, Ecumenical Patriarchate, Patriarchal and Synodal Sigillia, Patriarchal and Stavropegial Privileges, Provinces of Veria - Naousa and Kitros.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Teaching using PowerPoint slides and other multimedia (video, images, audio, etc.) for better understanding and deepening of the subject. Communication with students via e-mails, eLearning and Zoom.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6
Seminars30.1
Reading Assigment271.1
Written assigments30.1
Exams30.1
Total753
Student Assessment
Description
Oral exam in groups at the end of the semester. The exam is conducted by the professor and its results are available to the students. Written exam for special and legally prescribed categories of students. Alternative examination through assignments for foreign students.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Παπάζης Δημ., Σταυροπηγιακές μονές του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου στις επαρχίες Βεροίας - Ναούσης και Κίτρους (14ος-20ός αι.), Θεσσαλονίκη 2024, εκδόσεις Μπαρμπουνάκη (Κωδικός Ευδόξου 133039450).
Additional bibliography for study
1. Μάρκος Βασίλειος Κ., Το νομικό καθεστώς των πατριαρχικών και σταυροπηγιακών μονών στην ελληνική επικράτεια, [Βιβλιοθήκη Εκκλησιαστικού Δικαίου, Διευθυντής Καθηγητής Ι. Μ. Κονιδάρης Σειρά Β΄ «Μελέτες» 6], Εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα, Αθήνα - Θεσσαλονίκη 2012 2. Κονιδάρης Ιωάννης Μ., «Νομικό και ιδιοκτησιακό καθεστώς πατριαρχικών σταυροπηγιακών μονών», Νομοκανονικά 2 (2003) 97 – 110 3. Παΐζη - Αποστολοπούλου Μάχη, Ο θεσμός της πατριαρχικής εξαρχίας 14ος - 19ος αιώνας, [ΕΙΕ - ΚΝΕ 54], Θεσμοί και Ιδεολογία στη νεοελληνική κοινωνία, Αθήνα 1995 4. Φειδάς Βλάσιος Ιωάννου, «Έκκλητον και σταυροπηγιακόν δίκαιον του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου», ΚΗ΄ Δημήτρια Ζ΄ Επιστημονικό Συμπόσιο Χριστιανική Θεσσαλονίκη Σταυροπηγιακές και ενοριακές μονές, Ιερά Μονή Βλατάδων 18-20 Οκτωβρίου 1993, ΚΙΔΘ αυτοτελείς εκδόσεις αρ. 17, Θεσσαλονίκη 1995, 43-52.
Last Update
29-09-2024