Theoklitos Farmakidis

Theoklitos Farmakidis
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
Influences French Enlightenment, Voltaire, Adamantios Korais, Theophilos Kairis

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.

Works

• Elements of the Greek language, Athens, 1815
• O pseudonymos Germanos, Athens, 1838
• Apology, Athens, 1840
• O synodikos tomos, Athens, 1852

Sources

• Βγένα Α. Βαρθολομαίου, Η δίκη του Θεόκλητου Φαρμακίδη (1829-1839), Μνήμων 4 (1974),σελ.172-214

Modern Greek Enlightenment
Publications	Geographia Neoteriki Hellenic Nomarchy Ephimeris Hermes o Logios
Academies	Ottoman Empire: Athonite Academy Evangelical School Kaplaneios Maroutsaia New Academy Phanar Greek Orthodox College Phrontisterion of Trapezous Diaspora: Flanginian School Princely Academy of Bucharest Princely Academy of Iaşi
Representatives	Cosmas of Aetolia Methodios Anthrakites Kosmas Balanos Athanasios Christopoulos Neophytos Doukas Theoklitos Farmakidis Rigas Feraios Anthimos Gazis Theophilos Kairis Dimitrios Katartzis Theodore Kavalliotis Grigorios Konstantas Adamantios Korais Veniamin Lesvios Iosipos Moisiodax Daniel Philippidis Athanasios Psalidas Athanasios Stageiritis Nikephoros Theotokis Balanos Vasilopoulos Eugenios Voulgaris

Reign of Otto (1832–1862)
Notable People	Bavarians: Josef Ludwig von Armansperg Ignaz von Rudhart Georg Ludwig von Maurer Karl von Abel Carl Wilhelm von Heideck Christoforos Nezer Greeks: Dimitrios Kallergis Constantine Kanaris Theodoros Kolokotronis Ioannis Kolettis Yiannis Makriyiannis Andreas Metaxas Anastasios Polyzoidis Spyridon Trikoupis Theoklitos Farmakidis Architects: Eduard Schaubert Stamatios Kleanthis Theophil Hansen Christian Hansen (architect) Friedrich von Gärtner Leo von Klenze
Early Greek Parties	Russian Party French Party English Party
Events	London Conference of 1832 3 September 1843 Revolution Greek Constitution of 1844 Crimean War Epirus Revolt of 1854
Influence	Greek legal system Greek academic art of the 19th century
Structures	National Gardens of Athens Old Royal Palace National Observatory of Athens Syntagma Square Old Parliament House, Athens
Established	Church of Greece Hellenic Gendarmerie Greek Archaeological Service Court of Cassation (Greece) Council of State (Greece) Athens School of Fine Arts Archaeological Society of Athens Greek Evangelical Church