Imperial Court of Diadochia

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The Imperial Court of Diadochia (Greek: Αυτοκρατορικής αυλής of Διαδόχων/ Af̱tokratorikí̱s av̱lí̱s of Diadócho̱n) is the official name for the organisation (Imperial households) that supports the Emperor of Diadochia, and the Diadochian Imperial Family. The incumbent monarch, Emperor Nicholas VI, is head of the Imperial Court.

The Imperial Court

The Imperial Court is divided into several sections:

  1. The Office of the Megas Parakoimomenos
  2. The Office of the Megas Kouropalatēs
  3. The Office of the Megas Papias (Domestic Household)
  4. The Office of the Mystikos
  5. The Department of the Eidikon (Privy Purse)
  6. The Department of the Imperial Collection
  7. The Imperial Furniture Department
  8. The Ecclesiastical Household
  9. The Medical Household
  10. The Military Household
  11. The Imperial Mews
  12. The Imperial Venery (Office of Hunting)
  13. Imperial Chancery of the Orders of Chivalry
  14. The Imperial College of Arms
  15. The Bureau of Imperial Manufactories and Building Works
  16. The Bureau of Palace Museums
  17. The Bureau of Imperial Academies
  18. The Bureau of Imperial Theatres
  19. The Department of Court festivities
  20. The Bureau of Imperial Gardens and Parks
  21. The Department of Imperial Households

Departments of the Imperial Court

The Office of the Megas Parakoimomenos

The Office of the Megas Parakoimomenos holds the top supervisory position over the entire Imperial court and is responsible for organising all court fuctions with ceremonial tones. The Megas Parakoimomenos heads the Department. The Megas Parakoimomenos is the Senior member of the Imperial Court and his office is responsible for all matters having to do with state visits, investitures, state balls, balls at court, garden parties, the state opening of Parliament, imperial christenings, weddings, and funerals.


The Office of the Megas Kouropalatēs

The Office of the Megas Kouropalatēs is responsible for the above stairs activities of the Imperial Court and the overall financing of the Imperial Court. The Megas Kouropalatēs is the senior official of the department.


The Office of the Megas Papias

The Office of the Megas Papias is one of the largest department in the Imperial Court with 500 employees. The Office of the Megas Papias is responsible for all hospitality, catering and housekeeping arrangements at all Imperial residences. The office is also responsible for the maintenance of all Imperial residences.

The Megas Papias fulfills several ceremonial roles, including, the ritual unlocking of the palace doors, formally ended the daily imperial audiences by rattling the keys of his office.


The Office of the Mystikos

The Office of the Mystikos is responsible for supporting the Emperor in his duties as Head of State. In his role as the Private Secretary of the Emperor, the Mystikos is the channel of communication between the Head of State and the Government

The Mystikos is responsible for:

  • Organising The Emperor’s official programme
  • All liaising with the Households of other members of the Imperal Family.
  • Dealing with The Emperor’s official correspondence and correspondence with members of the Diadochian public.
  • Prepares The Emperor’s speeches and messages


The Department of the Eidikon

The Department of the Eidikon or the Privy Purse, or simply the Eidikon is responsible for the management of the sovereign’s financial affairs. The Eidikon is headed by the Sakellarios or Keeper of the Eidikion. The Sakellarios main job is to look after the management of revenues which come to the Sovereign from the Duchy of Macedonia.

The Sakellarios, as treasuerer to the Emperor, oversees the management of the Civil List, Grants-in-Aid.

The Eidikon is mainly financed by the net income from the Duchy of Duchy of Macedonia, and is used to meet both official expenditure incurred by The Emperor as Sovereign and private expenditure.

The Department of the Imperial Collection

The Department of the Imperial Collection manages the public opening of the official residences of His Imperial Majesty The Emperor. The Department of the Imperial Collection is also responsible for care and maintenance of the Imperial Art Collection. The Imperial Collection is vast with over 10,000 paintings, 70,000 watercolours and drawings and around 550,000 old master prints, photographs, tapestries, furniture, ceramics, book and all other works of art.

The Imperial Furniture Department

The Imperial Furniture Department in most recent times has been responsible for the Furnishings at all Imperial Residences. The Department is responsible for transporting furniture from one place to the other, ensuring the economical and careful use of furniture, and of ordering necessary repairs, and of organizing the logistics of transportation.

The Imperial Furniture Department is in charge of not only of imperial luxury furnishings but also everyday furniture used in the Imperial Court; the lodgings of the members of the Imperial Court Household and the offices of the Imperial Court administration

The Ecclesiastical Household

The Ecclesiastical Household of the Emperor is responsible for all religious affairs concerning the Imperial Court. The Mégas Eleodóti̱s (Grear Almoner) is the senior head of the department.

The Vasilikó Parekklí̱si (The Imperial Chapel) is in charge of the Divine Liturgy and religious ceremonies (marriages, baptisms) for the sovereign and the imperial family and the king's alms and public charities.


The Medical Household

The Medical Household (Iatriká Oikiaká) is the medical section of the Imperial Household.

The Main sections are:

  • The Imperial Pharmacy is a section of the Medical Household and is responsible for the suppply of medicines to the Imperial Court.
  • The Imperial Apothecary
  • The Imperial Physician Department
  • The Imperial Surgeon Department
  • The Imperial Coroner's Department

The Military Household

The Military section of the Imperial Court made up of various guards units.

The Guards units are:

  • Archontopouloi Guard: elite guards units, cavalry regiments
  • Excubitors Guard : heavy cavalry, imperial guard
  • Hetaireia Guard : Corps of Bodyguards composed mostly of foreigners
  • Hikanatoi Guard: Elite guards, cavalry unit based around the Imperial Capital, Atlantis
  • Athanatoi Guard: the Immortals of Diadochia, Elite guards unit of young men of noble status
  • Manglabites Guard: guards unit armeds with swords, precede the Emperor in ceremonies.
  • Noumeroi Guard: Guards Infantry Unit, Only guards unit that never leaves the Imperial Capital
  • Paramonai Guard: Cavalry Guards Units
  • Palati Scholae: Imperial Guards, Cavalry units
  • Spatharios Guard: Imperial Guards units, bearers of the Spartha (sword)
  • Varangian Guard: Elite unit The Personal body guards of the Emperor
  • Vardariotai Guard: Guards units drawn from the Magarian part of the Empire, They are one of the guards units that accompany the Emperor on campaign
  • Arithmos-Vigla Guard: heavy cavalry, imperial guard, accompany the emperor on campaign, responsible for the Emperor's safety and security of the Emperor when he is away from the Capital capaigning.


The Imperial Mews

Main article: The Imperial Mews

The Imperial Mews' is responsible for all transportation for the Imperial Court, both by car – and for ceremonial occasions – by horse and carriage. The Imperial Mews is headed by the Ploíarchos tou Áloga, Master of the Horse. The Protostrator is the second in command and is the Imperial stable master. The Master of the Horse and the Protostrator are assisted by Strators, the Diadochian version of grooms.

The Imperial Venery

The Imperial Venery is responsible for the Emperor's hunting service. The Imperial Venery headed by run by the Ploíarchos tou Kyní̱gi (the Master of the Hunt and Imperial Game Warden).

The Main Sections are:

  • Ploíarchos tou Kyni̱gioú: directs imperial hunts
  • Deer Hunting: headed by Ploíarchos tou Eláfia (Master of Deers),
  • fox hunting: headed by Ploíarchos tou Alepoúdes (Master of Foxes)
  • Wolf hunting: headed by Lýkos Fýlakas (Wolfcatcher)
  • Falcon hunting: headed by Mégas Gerakári̱s (Great Falconer
  • Boar hunting: headed by Ploíarchos tou Káproi (Master of Boars)

Imperial Chancery of the Orders of Chivalry

The Imperial Chancery of the Orders of Chivalry is mainly responsible for the administration in all things partaining to the Orders of Chivalry.

The Imperial College of Arms

Main article: Imperial College of Arms

The Imperial College of Arms is a imperial corporation that has jurisdiction over matters of heraldry, coats of arms, genealogical research and the recording of pedigrees and lines of descent. The hereditary title of Megas Domestikos is the senior officer of the department.

The Bureau of Imperial Manufactories and Works

The Bureau of Imperial Manufactories and Works oversees all Imperial manufactorys, factories, works, etc, that is all manufactories that were specifically founded or created to cater to the needs of the Imperial Court.

The Bureau oversees various manufactories that provide various products for Imperial use:

The Bureau of Palace Museums

The Bureau of Palace Museums oversees all museums, galleries, etc that are based or located in a Imperial Palace.

This includes:

  • Stephena Museum: Connected to the Atlantis Imperial Palace, contains 70,000 drawings and over 1.5 million master prints.
  • Magnaura Museum: A very large museum connected to the Konstantína Palace. The Museum contains over four million items, including Egyptian antiquities, Classical antiquities, Jewelry and decorative art, Renaissance, Diadochian art, Dutch, British, Swiss, French, Spanish, Italian, Neoclassical, Impressionist.
  • Achilleion Palace Museum: Exhibits private art collection of the Empress Elizabeth and other members of the Imperial Family
  • Emperor's Gallery: located in the Mangana Museum, it exhibits works of art from the Imperial Collection.

The Bureau of Imperial Academies

The Bureau of Imperial Academies oversees all the Imperial Academies of Diadochia. The Bureau plays a very prominent role in the running of thew Imperial Academies. For instance the President, Keeper, Treasurer, and Secretary of the various Imperial Academies are all appointed by the Bureau.

This includes:

The Bureau of Imperial Theatres

The Bureau of Imperial Theatres oversees all Imperial Theatres that the Emperor, Imperial Family, and Imperial Court visit from time to time on a regular basis. The Theatres are located in Atlantis, the capital, as well as other cities like Olympias. The headquarters of the Bureau of Imperial Theatres is located at Moiron Avenue, adjacent to the Georgiou Theatre. The Bureau has associate offices in Atlantis, Olympias, Athenais, Thessalonica and various other cities, which are responsible for the daily running of the Imperial Theatres.

The Bureau often organizes charity concerts and other events to benefit various charities and organizations of the empire.

The Department of Court festivities

The Department of Court festivities is responsible for the court festivities at the Imperial Court, which includes all court entertainments as well. The department is in charge of all the preparations for all court ceremonies, events and festivities, down to the last detail of design and order.

The Department is responsible for:

  • Court Balls
  • Masquerade balls
  • Accession Day tilt
  • Processional entries and royal entry
  • Court Masques
  • Grand Court Fêtes
  • Fête champêtre: garden party
  • Court Ballets
  • Hippodrome shows
  • Court carousels
  • Fireworks displays
  • Illuminations
  • Design of the catafalque for a state funeral.

The Bureau of Imperial Gardens and Parks

The Bureau of Imperial Gardens and Parks oversees all parks, gardens, and grounds of the Imperial Court.

This includes:

The Department of Imperial Households

Great Officers of the Imperial Court

The major offices of the Imperial Court are listed as the Great Officers of the Imperial Court of Diadochia.

Imperial Court Offices and titles

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