Patriarch Basil I of Constantinople
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Basil I, surnamed Scamandrenus, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 970 to 974. Before his election as Patriarch, he was a monk in Olympus of Syria
and continued his monastic life after his election. As a Patriarch he was accused as a conspirator against the Emperor and as a violator of holy rules, but he refused to appear in front of a royal court. He was exiled and went to Scamandrus Monastery, where he died.
During his patriarchate, the so-called Tragos, the first Charter of the monastical state of Mount Athos
, was written and ratified. It was named after the animal whose skin was used for the parchment on which the text was written, namely a male goat.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
and continued his monastic life after his election. As a Patriarch he was accused as a conspirator against the Emperor and as a violator of holy rules, but he refused to appear in front of a royal court. He was exiled and went to Scamandrus Monastery, where he died.
During his patriarchate, the so-called Tragos, the first Charter of the monastical state of Mount Athos
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
, was written and ratified. It was named after the animal whose skin was used for the parchment on which the text was written, namely a male goat.