Theoktistos Vriennion (Greek: Θεόκτιστος), (d. November 20, 855), was a Logothetes, a powerful Byzantine official, responsible for the diplomatic relations of the Empire and a promoter of major educational programs within the Empire. He had proved time and again to be a very competent and very faithful servant to the Empire. He served Michael II, Theophilos' father, and Theophilus, who had appointed him to the regency council for his son Michael III and Empress Theodora. After the death of Theophilus (820-842), a regency was set up consisting of Theoktistos, Empress Theodora, and the Empress' brothers, Bardas and Petronas. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Louis II succeeds Lothar as western emperor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with logothete. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Michael II, called Psellus, the stammerer, or the Amorian (770-829) reigned as Byzantine emperor 820 - 829. ... Tetradrachm of Theophilos, Attic standard. ... Theophilus (813 - 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. ... This coin struck during the regency of Theodora shows how Michael was less prominent than his mother, who is represented as ruler alone on the obverse, and even than his sister Thecla, who is depicted together with the young Michael on the reverse of this coin. ... Theodora was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus. ... Theophilus (813 - 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. ... Theodora was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus. ... Bardas was the regent (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III. Bardas was apparently the son of Marinos Mamikonian and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. ...

Theoktistos Vriennion also was the uncle of Cyril and Methodius. In 843 he invited Cyril and Methodius in Constantinople to help with their studies and arrange the placement of Methodius as a commander of a Slavic administrative region. Cyril and Methodius were two Eastern Orthodox missionaries; for the separate articles, see: Saint Cyril Saint Methodius This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Events Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian empire between the 3 sons of Louis the Pious. ... Cyril and Methodius were two Eastern Orthodox missionaries; for the separate articles, see: Saint Cyril Saint Methodius This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Saint Methodius was a bishop of Great Moravia (Moravia) (born Thessaloniki, Greece, 826; he died in the (unknown) capital of Great Moravia, April 6, 885). ...

On 849 the war campaigns of the Empire were unsuccessful and Logothetis Theoktistos failed to recapture Crete from the Saracens who continued their raids into the empire and extended their conquests in Sicily, although their eastward expansion was temporarily stopped. The Slavic tribes of Moreas revolted against the empire but they were defeated by the protospatharios Theoktistos. Crete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti; see Wiktionary: Crete for the name in other languages) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... For the rugby club Saracens see Saracens (rugby club) The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi. ... Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ...

Theoktistos, along with Photios and Bardas, initiated a far- reaching educational program and founded the University of Magnaura. It was during this regency that Leo the Mathematician, Photios who taught Greek Philosophy, and later Constantine-Cyril taught at the university. In the words of Father Dvomik: Bardas was the regent (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III. Bardas was apparently the son of Marinos Mamikonian and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. ... Cyril is the name of several historic figures: Saint Cyril -- godfather of Cyrillic 800 A.D. Saint Cyril of Alexandria -- Archbishop of Alexandria 412 A.D. Saint Cyril of Jerusalem -- Theologian 315-380 A.D. Cyril of Turaw -- see the history of Belarus Sir Cyril Burt -- Psychologist The name Cyril...

"The regime of Theoktistos represents the continuation of the literary and scientific movement which in Byzantium continues from the learned Patriarch John the Grammarian to Leo the Mathematician and from Theophilos to Photios and their school.40"

Recognizing Photios' administrative abilities, he named him Photios protoasecretis around 851, with the rank also of protospatharios. Some scholars believe that the appointment of Photios as protoasecretis was much earlier, probably around 843. Events Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian empire between the 3 sons of Louis the Pious. ...

quarrel between the moderates, represented by Gregorios and his followers and friends, and the extremists of the Ignatian party. Gregorios appealed to Rome, and Pope Leo IV sent a letter to Ignatios reprimanding him for his decision.48 There are three contemporary sources for these events, but all are partisans of Ignatios, and thus it is rather difficult to reconstmct the case objectively.49 Nevertheless, the fact is that Ignatios lacked the temperament and diplomatic ability needed to unify the Church; on the contrary, he brought on an internal schism among the clergy.

Meanwhile Bardas and Theoktistos were fighting over who would control the government. Bardas being the uncle of [[Michael III] was elevated to magister and appointed head of the imperial guard. On 855, Michael came of age and turned the control of the government over to his uncle Bardas, raising him to the highest rank-that of caesar. It was then that Bardas and Michael decided to eliminate Theoktistos. Bardas was the regent (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III. Bardas was apparently the son of Marinos Mamikonian and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. ... Events Louis II succeeds Lothar as western emperor. ... Caesar (Latin:CAESAR, IPA: kaɪsɑr [kae-sahr], common English IPA:siːzɚ [see-zr]) was originally a cognomen in ancient Rome, derived from cai- (of unknown meaning) from which Gaius also derives. ...