Editing Eleni Anagnostopoulou

{{Infobox person
| name = Eleni Anagnostopoulou
| birth_date = 7 March 1749
| birth_place = [[Patras]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date = 18 October 1866
| death_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| era = [[Early Foundation Era]]
| spouse = [[Martinos Nikolopoulos]]
| children = {{ubl
 | [[Melchior Paap]]
 | [[Johannes Paap]]
 | [[Maria Paap]]
 | [[Nikolaas Paap]]
 }}
| family = [[Paap family]]
}}

'''Eleni Anagnostopoulou''' (7 March 1749 – 18 October 1866), later known as '''Eleni Paap''', was a Greek-born member of the [[Paap family]] and the wife of [[Martinos Nikolopoulos]]. She fled the Ottoman-controlled Peloponnese in 1770 and later settled in [[Rotterdam]]. She helped Martinos preserve the original manuscript of the [[Book of Paap]] and raised their four children.

== Early life ==

Eleni was born in [[Patras]] on 7 March 1749 and was raised in a Greek Orthodox household. Her family knew the Nikolopoulos family through the local Greek Orthodox church community, through which she became acquainted with Martinos.

Eleni married Martinos in the Peloponnese in 1768. She remained Greek Orthodox throughout her life.

== Migration to the Dutch Republic ==

Eleni and Martinos fled the Peloponnese separately during the unrest surrounding the [[Orlov Revolt]] in 1770. They were separated for several weeks before reuniting in [[Vienna]] while travelling north through Europe.

After reuniting, Eleni joined Martinos and the surviving members of the Nikolopoulos household on the remainder of their journey to the [[Dutch Republic]]. She and Martinos subsequently settled in [[Rotterdam]].

As Paap became the hereditary surname used by Martinos and his descendants, Eleni became known as Eleni Paap.

== Family life ==

Eleni managed the household in Rotterdam and raised her four children, [[Melchior Paap]], [[Johannes Paap]], [[Maria Paap]] and [[Nikolaas Paap]].

She remained married to Martinos for the rest of her life. Their household became the first established generation of the Paap family in the Dutch Republic.

== Book of Paap ==

Eleni respected Martinos's religious writings and helped him safeguard the original manuscript of the [[Book of Paap]]. She did not reject its prophecy, but remained uncertain whether the events described in it would literally occur.

Her role was primarily in preserving the manuscript within the household while Martinos continued writing and teaching from it. The book later passed into the custody of [[Melchior Paap]] as the first [[Great Paap]].

== Death ==

Eleni died from natural causes associated with old age in [[Rotterdam]] on 18 October 1866. She was 117 years old.

== See also ==
* [[Martinos Nikolopoulos]]
* [[Early history of the Paap family]]
* [[Book of Paap]]
* [[Great Paap]]
* [[Paap family]]

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