Last Pic of Violakis

Georgios Violakis

Γεώργιος Βιολάκης

Άρχων Πρωτοψάλτης της Μεγάλης Εκκλησίας

Archon Protopsaltis of the Great Church.

This is probably the last picture of Violakis (as far as I have been able to ascertain) taken sometime before his death in 1911. I suspect that pictures exist in the archives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate or in personal collections that depict Violakis but I have not been fortunate enough to corroborate this.

This scanned image is courtesy of Sifniaka Nea,

Σιφνιακά Νέα, 1911.

Used with permission.

©2011 OnlineTypikon

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).