Filiki Eteria
ORGANIZATION
Philikí Etaireía; Philiki Etaireia; Hetairia Philike; Philike Hetaireia; Hetaireia Philike; Philike Etaireia; Filiki Etaireia; Philiki Etairia; Filiki Etaireía; Φιλική Εταιρεία; Εταιρεία των Φιλικών; Society of Friends (Greece); Greek Society of Friends
Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( or ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. (retrieved from University of California Library) Society members were mainly young Phanariot Greeks from Constantinople and the Russian Empire, local political and military leaders from the Greek mainland and islands, as well as several Orthodox Christian leaders from other nations that were under Hellenic influence, such as Karađorđe from Serbia,Filiki Eteria: The Diaspora Secret Society That Sparked Greek Independence Tudor Vladimirescu from Romania, and Arvanite military commanders.