Phanariotes

thumb|upright=1.2|View of the Phanarion quarter, the historical centre of the Greek community of [[Constantinople in Ottoman times, ca. 1900]] thumb|upright=1.2|Another view of the Phanarion quarter, ca. 1900. In the forefront: the Bulgarian Orthodox Bulgarian St. Stephen Church|Church of St. Stephen; atop the hill: the [[Phanar Greek Orthodox College.]]

Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots (, , ) were members of prominent Greek families in Phanar (Φανάρι, modern Fener), the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate is located, who traditionally occupied four important positions in the Ottoman Empire: Hospodar of Moldavia, Hospodar of Wallachia, Grand Dragoman of the Porte and Grand Dragoman of the Fleet. Despite their cosmopolitanism and often-Western education, the Phanariots were aware of their Greek ancestry and culture; according to Nicholas Mavrocordatos's Philotheou Parerga, "We are a race completely Hellenic".