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Philothei of Athens
New Martyr
BornNovember 21, 1522
Athens, Greece then Ottoman Empire
DiedFebruary 19, 1589 (aged 66)
Venerated inEastern Orthodoxy
FeastFebruary 19
PatronageAthens, Women and Charitable works

Philothei of Athens, (also known as Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία) (November 21, 1522 - February 19, 1589), née Revoula Benizelos (Ρεβούλα Μπενιζέλου), was a Greek Orthodox religious sister, martyr and saint from Ottoman-era Greece.

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Philothei of Athens, (also known as Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία) (November 21, 1522 - February 19, 1589), née Revoula Benizelos...

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Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens

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are the tombs of two saints killed by the Ottoman Turks during the Ottoman period: Saint Philothei and Patriarch Gregory V. Saint Philothei built a convent...

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History of Athens

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Historical affiliations Kingdom of Athens 1556 BC–1068 BC City-state of Athens 1068 BC–322 BC Hellenic League 338 BC–322 BC Kingdom of Macedonia 322 BC–148 BC...

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Plaka

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was also the home of the Greek aristocratic Benizelos family, the family that Saint Philothei came from. In the mid-17th century, out of the eight main administrative...

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Benizelos family

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Library of Athens. Gennadios was Greek ambassador to London, and among other works wrote an extensive study of the Benizelos family and of Saint Philothei. Miller...

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Gerakas

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Timotheos and other land owners to conflicts, such as Saint Philothei from Athens. Some Pieces of the land were claimed were owned by the Great Logothetis...

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Filothei

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town in the Athens agglomeration, Greece, consisting mainly of hillside villas, relatively close to the Olympic Stadium in the nearby town of Marousi. Since...

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Patisia

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the early Christian era in Athens, it was re-established as the katholikon of a monastery established by Saint Philothei in the late 16th century. St...

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Tower of the Winds

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of the Winds, also known by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of wind...

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Matthew II of Constantinople

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died in the same year. Matthew canonized the Blessed Philothei, who was martyred in 1589 in Athens. Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate...

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Konstantinos Karamanlis

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dictatorship after the 1967 coup d'état. After the fall of the junta in 1974, Karamanlis was recalled to Athens to assume interim premiership. This period, known...

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Dimitris Potiropoulos

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Architecture as well. The work of "Potiropoulos + Partners" includes well known buildings such as A. Trichas Residence in Philothei, Athens, Greece, the Olympic...

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