Saturday, June 28, 2008

Papadopoulos on Violakis




Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος) on Violakis in his book Ιστορική Επισκόπησις.

Violakis was a year away from retirement when the book was published in 1904.
  Papadopoulos, who was a contemporary and  close friend of Violakis', gives little biographical information for the current Protopsaltis of the Great Church in this work, but rather refers to two of his recent publications that contain his complete biographies. 

Papadopoulos' most informative biographical sketch of Violakis is his address on the 4th of December 1900, on the occasion of Violakis' 60th year of musical service to the Church, and his 25th anniversary of being Protopsaltis.  The full work has been published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in a supplemental issue of the Ecclesiatiki Alitheia (Εκκλησιαστική Αλήθεια).