Meletios Vlastos

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Meletios Vlastos (Greek:Μελετιος Βλαστος). Greek Orthodox theologian, preacher, scholar, teacher.

Meletios Vlastos was born 1576 near Rethymnon, Crete and died about 1643. He was the son of Georgilas Vlastos.

In 1625, he was the preacher/priest at the church of the "Panagia Trimartyri", in Candia, Crete. Later, Meletios Vlastos was one of numerous famous teachers who taught at the school of the Sinaitic Metochion of the St. Catherine's Monastery (During the Venetian occupation, the Monastery housed a school). Other teachers were Ioannis Morezenos, Josef Doreianos, Jeremia Palladas. Among his numerous famous pupils was Constantinos Loukaris (Religious name: Cyrilos Loukaris) who later did become firstly the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and later the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople. Student of the same school was also the later patriarch Meletios Pegas.

Meletios Pegas and Maximos Margounios were friends of Meletios Vlastos and he kept in touch by correspondence with them.

Unfortunately, in many websites, Meletios Vlastos is mentioned as a Greek Orthodox Patriarch[1] and [2]. He was never a Patriarch.


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