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==Life== ==Life==
He was born in the Albanian village of ] (Zititsa in Greek)<ref name="mylopotamos"> Μυλοπόταμος (Greek)</ref><ref name=Ioannina/><ref>Encyclopedia "Papyrus-Larousse", Athens 1964, vol. 6, article "Eylogios Kourilas", in Greek language.</ref>(then ]) in 1880 in a ] family of Albania.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |last=Fahlbusch, Erwin Bromiley, Geoffrey William |first= |title=The encyclopedia of Christianity |publisher="Hestia" Publishers & Booksellers|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |language=1999|year=|page= 35 |ref=|isbn=9788889345047|url=http://books.google.com/books?hl=el&id=z47zgZ75dqgC&q=evlogios#v=snippet&q=evlogios&f=false |quote= "Archbisop Panteleimon of Gjirokastër and Bishop Evlogios of Korçë (both Greeks born in Albania) fled the country, and the last links with the Patriarchate of Constantinople was broken.}}</ref><ref name="Ramet">{{cite book|last=Ramet|first=Sabrina|title=Nihil obstat: religion, politics, and social change in East-Central Europe and Russia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvMi6paTOlcC&pg=PA208&dq=Eulogio+Kurila&hl=en&cd=1%23v=onepage&q=Eulogio_Kurila&f=false#v=onepage&q=Eulogio%20Kurila&f=false|year=1998|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-2070-3|page=208}}</ref> During his youth he was attracted by ] and ] ideals and joined the monastic community of ]. He graduated from the local ] (1901) and the ] in ].<ref name=Ioannina/> He continued his studies in the Philosophy department of the ], where he acquired his ] in ].<ref>. Allen & Unwin, 1950, p. 384</ref> He continued studies in Germany. Kourilas also participated in the ] and during the ] (1912–1913) he was in charge of 100 armed men, among them many priests, that fought for ] in the area of ].<ref name=Ioannina/> He was born in the Albanian village of ] (Zititsa in Greek)<ref name="mylopotamos"> Μυλοπόταμος (Greek)</ref><ref name=Ioannina/><ref>Encyclopedia "Papyrus-Larousse", Athens 1964, vol. 6, article "Eylogios Kourilas", in Greek language.</ref>(then ]) in 1880 and had an ] family background.<ref name="Ramet">{{cite book|last=Ramet|first=Sabrina|title=Nihil obstat: religion, politics, and social change in East-Central Europe and Russia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvMi6paTOlcC&pg=PA208&dq=Eulogio+Kurila&hl=en&cd=1%23v=onepage&q=Eulogio_Kurila&f=false#v=onepage&q=Eulogio%20Kurila&f=false|year=1998|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-2070-3|page=208}}</ref> During his youth he was attracted by ] and ] ideals and joined the monastic community of ]. He graduated from the local ] (1901) and the ] in ].<ref name=Ioannina/> He continued his studies in the Philosophy department of the ], where he acquired his ] in ].<ref>. Allen & Unwin, 1950, p. 384</ref> He continued studies in Germany. Kourilas also participated in the ] and during the ] (1912–1913) he was in charge of 100 armed men, among them many priests, that fought for ] in the area of ].<ref name=Ioannina/>


After an agreement with the Albanian authorities, in 1937, the ] chose a number of highly educated religious personalities for key positions in the recently declared as ] ]. Among them where ] as bishop of Gjirokastër and Eulogios Kourilas as bishop of Korçë.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kondis |first= Basil |title=The Greeks of Northern Epirus and Greek-Albanian relations: historical review from the Greek edition : v. 3, 1922-1929-v. 4, 1930-1940 |language=|year=1990|page= 41|ref=|isbn=|url=http://books.google.com/books?lr=&cd=13&hl=el&id=YpJpAAAAMAAJ&dq=}}</ref> When the communist regime of ] came to power in Albania in 1945, he was declared an "]" and was deprived from the Albanian citizenship.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |last=Fahlbusch, Erwin Bromiley, Geoffrey William |first= |title=The encyclopedia of Christianity |publisher="Hestia" Publishers & Booksellers|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |language=1999|year=|page= 35 |ref=|isbn=978-88-89345-04-7|url=http://books.google.com/books?hl=el&id=z47zgZ75dqgC&q=evlogios#v=snippet&q=evlogios&f=false |quote= "Archbisop Panteleimon of Gjirokastër and Bishop Evlogios of Korçë (both Greeks born in Albania) fled the country, and the last links with the Patriarchate of Constantinople was broken.}}</ref> By then he was already living in Greece where, parallel to his academic work, together with Panteleimon Kotokos became the heads of the ''Northern Epirus Central Committee'' propagating that parts of southern Albania, known among Greeks as ] should be awarded to Greece.<ref>{{cite journal|journal= Südosteuropa - Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung |last=Tönes |first=Bernhard |title=Belastungsprobe für die albanisch-griechischen Beziehungen |pages=440–456 |publisher=Südost-Institut München. Abteilung Gegenwartsforschung |language=German|year=1983|page= 442|ref=|isbn=|url= After an agreement with the Albanian authorities, in 1937, the ] chose a number of highly educated religious personalities for key positions in the recently declared as ] ]. Among them where ] as bishop of Gjirokastër and Eulogios Kourilas as bishop of Korçë.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kondis |first= Basil |title=The Greeks of Northern Epirus and Greek-Albanian relations: historical review from the Greek edition : v. 3, 1922-1929-v. 4, 1930-1940 |language=|year=1990|page= 41|ref=|isbn=|url=http://books.google.com/books?lr=&cd=13&hl=el&id=YpJpAAAAMAAJ&dq=}}</ref> When the communist regime of ] came to power in Albania in 1945, he was declared an "]" and was deprived from the Albanian citizenship.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |last=Fahlbusch, Erwin Bromiley, Geoffrey William |first= |title=The encyclopedia of Christianity |publisher="Hestia" Publishers & Booksellers|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |language=1999|year=|page= 35 |ref=|isbn=978-88-89345-04-7|url=http://books.google.com/books?hl=el&id=z47zgZ75dqgC&q=evlogios#v=snippet&q=evlogios&f=false |quote= "Archbisop Panteleimon of Gjirokastër and Bishop Evlogios of Korçë (both Greeks born in Albania) fled the country, and the last links with the Patriarchate of Constantinople was broken.}}</ref> By then he was already living in Greece where, parallel to his academic work, together with Panteleimon Kotokos became the heads of the ''Northern Epirus Central Committee'' propagating that parts of southern Albania, known among Greeks as ] should be awarded to Greece.<ref>{{cite journal|journal= Südosteuropa - Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung |last=Tönes |first=Bernhard |title=Belastungsprobe für die albanisch-griechischen Beziehungen |pages=440–456 |publisher=Südost-Institut München. Abteilung Gegenwartsforschung |language=German|year=1983|page= 442|ref=|isbn=|url=
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Eulogios Kourilas wrote several historical, philosophical and theological books. His main works are (titles translated from Greek): Eulogios Kourilas wrote several historical, philosophical and theological books. His main works are (titles translated from Greek):
*History of Ascetism (1929) *History of Ascetism (1929)
*Catalogue of Kausokalyvia Monastery codices (Paris, 1930) *Catalogue of Kausokalyvia codices (1930)
*Albanian studies (1933) *Albanian studies (1933)
*Gregorios Argyrokastritis (1935) *Gregorios Argyrokastritis (1935)
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*Hellenism and Christianism (1944) *Hellenism and Christianism (1944)
*Patriarchic History (1951). *Patriarchic History (1951).
*''Bibliography of Epirus and Albania'', published as a series of articles in the "Epirotika Chronika", No. 3 (1928), pp. 50-102, 4 (1929) 112-145, 5 (1930) 119-152, 236-252, 6 (1931) 75-153. In Greek.


He donated a significant part (10,000 volumes) of his library to the ].<ref name=Ioannina>Μαίρη Ζαγκλή-Μπόζιου. . Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Τμήμα Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογίας. p. 13 (Greek)</ref> He donated a significant part (10,000 volumes) of his library to the ].<ref name=Ioannina>Μαίρη Ζαγκλή-Μπόζιου. . Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Τμήμα Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογίας. p. 13 (Greek)</ref>

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Bishop Eulogios of Korçë
Evllogji Kurila, Eulogios Kourilas
Bishop of Korca
ChurchChurch of Constantinople, Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
In office1937-1939
Personal details
Born1880
Ziçisht (Korçë), Ottoman Empire, now in modern Albania
Died1961 (aged 81)
Athens, Greece

Eulogios Kourilas Lauriotis or Evlogji Kurila (1880–1961) was the Orthodox bishop of Korçë (Korytsa) in Albania between 1937 and 1939, and a professor of philosophy and author on religious matters.

Life

He was born in the Albanian village of Ziçisht (Zititsa in Greek)(then Ottoman Empire) in 1880 and had an Albanian family background. During his youth he was attracted by ascetic and monastic ideals and joined the monastic community of Mount Athos. He graduated from the local Athonite School (1901) and the Phanar Greek Orthodox College in Istambul. He continued his studies in the Philosophy department of the University of Athens, where he acquired his Ph.D. in Humanities. He continued studies in Germany. Kourilas also participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia and during the Balkan Wars (1912–1913) he was in charge of 100 armed men, among them many priests, that fought for Greece in the area of Chalkidiki.

After an agreement with the Albanian authorities, in 1937, the Ecumenical Patriarchate chose a number of highly educated religious personalities for key positions in the recently declared as autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. Among them where Panteleimon Kotokos as bishop of Gjirokastër and Eulogios Kourilas as bishop of Korçë. When the communist regime of Enver Hoxha came to power in Albania in 1945, he was declared an "enemy of the state" and was deprived from the Albanian citizenship. By then he was already living in Greece where, parallel to his academic work, together with Panteleimon Kotokos became the heads of the Northern Epirus Central Committee propagating that parts of southern Albania, known among Greeks as Northern Epirus should be awarded to Greece. He became professor at School of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1935–1937) and of the University of Athens (1942–1949)(Papyrous-Larousse).

Works

Eulogios Kourilas wrote several historical, philosophical and theological books. His main works are (titles translated from Greek):

  • History of Ascetism (1929)
  • Catalogue of Kausokalyvia codices (1930)
  • Albanian studies (1933)
  • Gregorios Argyrokastritis (1935)
  • Moschopolis and its New Academy (1935)
  • Heraclea Sacra (1942) (title in Latin)
  • Hellenism and Christianism (1944)
  • Patriarchic History (1951).

He donated a significant part (10,000 volumes) of his library to the University of Ioannina. He died in Stratonike, Chalkidiki, 1961.

References

  1. Peyfuss, Max Demeter (1976). "Die Akademia von Moschopolis und ihre Nachwirkungen im Geistesleben Sudeuropas". Wissenschaftspolitik im Mittel- und Osteuropa: Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaften, Akademien und Hochschulen im 18. und beginnenden 19. Jahrhundert (in German). Hobbing: 119. ISBN 978-3-921515-00-6. griechische Historiker und Mönch der Laura am Athos, Eulogios Kourilas Lauriotes... {{cite journal}}: More than one of |first1= and |first= specified (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
  2. His family name is cited either in its Greek form "Kourilas" or "Kurilas" or in its Albanian Form "Kurila". His first name can be found spelled "Eulogios" or "Evlogios" in Greek, "Evlogji" in Albanian, or sometimes "Eulogio" in English.
  3. Εκδόσεις: Οι Αμπελώνες του Άθω. Μυλοπόταμος (Greek)
  4. ^ Μαίρη Ζαγκλή-Μπόζιου. Γενικός Κατάλογος Αρχείου. Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Τμήμα Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογίας. p. 13 (Greek)
  5. Encyclopedia "Papyrus-Larousse", Athens 1964, vol. 6, article "Eylogios Kourilas", in Greek language.
  6. Ramet, Sabrina (1998). Nihil obstat: religion, politics, and social change in East-Central Europe and Russia. Duke University Press. p. 208. ISBN 0-8223-2070-3.
  7. Europa World of learning online. Allen & Unwin, 1950, p. 384
  8. Kondis, Basil (1990). The Greeks of Northern Epirus and Greek-Albanian relations: historical review from the Greek edition : v. 3, 1922-1929-v. 4, 1930-1940. p. 41.
  9. Fahlbusch, Erwin Bromiley, Geoffrey William. The encyclopedia of Christianity (in 1999). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-88-89345-04-7. "Archbisop Panteleimon of Gjirokastër and Bishop Evlogios of Korçë (both Greeks born in Albania) fled the country, and the last links with the Patriarchate of Constantinople was broken.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. Tönes, Bernhard (1983). "Belastungsprobe für die albanisch-griechischen Beziehungen". Südosteuropa - Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung (in German). Südost-Institut München. Abteilung Gegenwartsforschung: 442. {{cite journal}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
  11. Weitzmann Kurt. Sailing with Byzantium from Europe to America: the memoirs of an art historian. Editio Maris. 1994. ISBN 978-3-925801-17-4, p. 134.

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