Athos Holy Mount

Ottoman Documents	14.14 Administrative Rule of Mount Athos 8 November 1810 Protaton Paper Ratified by Yusuf Bey, deputy-governor (mutesellim) of Thessaloniki
	Since over the past few years there have been many disputes regarding the administration of Mount Athos, leading to friction between certain of the monastic foundations, a Rule, to be implemented obligatorily by all, has been drawn up following discussions attended by representatives of sixteen of the twenty monasteries. The 22 articles of the Rule prescribe the manner in which the various taxes levied by the Ottoman State are to be paid, the administration and control of the monasteries revenues and expenditures, and the manner in which land disputes between them are to be settled. Particular articles deal with the question of funds for building repairs to the sketae and cells, as well as how the cells belonging to individual monasteries are to be allotted and what is to happen to them upon the death of their occupants. Certain provisions deal with the management of the six cenobitic monasteries which existed at that time. Regulations are also laid down for the movement of monks both within the territory of Mount Athos and beyond. The role of the four overseers in the administration of the Rule is also fundamental. The Rule was drafted by monks Theodosios Koutloumousianos, Gregorios Gregoriatis and Christodoulos Balanos, Overseer of Mount Athos in Thessaloniki.
	Bibliography: Unpublished. Cf. Alexandros Lavriotis 1963, pp. 20-4.
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