he Armenian millet was separate from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim milleti as Monophysitism did not allow them to participate in any other. In 1461 Horaghim, who had been the Armenian bishop in Prussa, became the leader of the millet. Armenians generally lived in urban areas, mainly in Constantinople. By the 17th century they had begun to flourish and became involved in trade, tax-collection and other professions. As they inhabited urban areas they were exempt from the children's levy, paidomazoma. All foreigners, including Western Europeans: Catholics and Protestants, as well as members of other religions who did not qualify for the other three millets, automatically belonged to the Armenian one.
