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28:
27:
22:
1875:in exile at
1786:Anthimus VII
1741:Meletius III
1706:Agathangelus
1696:Anthimus III
1606:Neophytus VI
1584:Jeremias III
1569:Athanasius V
1549:Neophytus IV
1529:Gerasimus II
1524:Dionysius IV
1469:Parthenius I
1424:Neophytus II
1414:Theophanes I
1394:Pachomius II
1374:Dionysius II
1369:Joannicius I
1359:Theoleptus I
1309:Sophronius I
1294:Gennadius II
1252:Euthymius II
1242:Callistus II
1177:Athanasius I
1157:Germanus III
1137:Methodius II
1077:Theodosius I
1047:Theodotus II
1017:Nicholas III
1016:
972:Sisinnius II
882:Nicephorus I
837:Callinicus I
610:Macedonius I
529:Philadelphus
459:Polycarpus I
367:
318:
306:
275:
263:Chartophylax
251:Hagia Sophia
247:Patriarchate
216:
190:Educated in
189:
169:
165:
164:
72:
63:
44:
21:Nicholas III
1920:1111 deaths
1863:Bartholomew
1853:Athenagoras
1823:Gregory VII
1801:Meletius IV
1776:Dionysius V
1766:Joachim III
1746:Anthimus VI
1736:Germanus IV
1726:Anthimus IV
1701:Chrysanthus
1691:Eugenius II
1681:Jeremias IV
1636:Meletius II
1621:Seraphim II
1559:Neophytus V
1554:Gabriel III
1449:Anthimus II
1389:Jeremias II
1354:Pachomius I
1334:Maximus III
1324:Dionysius I
1267:Gregory III
1217:Callistus I
1197:Gerasimus I
1132:Germanus II
1117:Theodore II
1067:Michael III
1052:Neophytus I
1042:Nicholas IV
967:Nicholas II
947:Theophylact
932:Εuthymius I
902:Methodius I
887:Theodotus I
777:Cyriacus II
712:Gennadius I
660:Sisinnius I
569:Metrophanes
494:Athenodorus
479:Eleutherius
428:Bishops of
267:Mount Athos
206:. In 1084,
170:Grammaticus
123:Predecessor
58:introducing
1904:Categories
1838:Photius II
1796:Germanus V
1771:Joachim IV
1756:Joachim II
1731:Anthimus V
1721:Gregory VI
1651:Gabriel IV
1601:Seraphim I
1596:Paisius II
1579:Cosmas III
1499:Gabriel II
1444:Gregory IV
1439:Timothy II
1429:Raphael II
1419:Meletius I
1404:Matthew II
1379:Joasaph II
1364:Jeremias I
1344:Maximus IV
1299:Isidore II
1222:Philotheus
1172:Gregory II
1122:Maximus II
1112:Michael IV
1087:Nicetas II
1032:Michael II
1012:Eustratius
982:Eustathius
977:Sergius II
962:Αntony III
952:Polyeuctus
937:Stephen II
927:Nicholas I
857:Anastasius
852:Germanus I
822:Theodore I
752:Anthimus I
747:Epiphanius
670:Maximianus
625:Demophilus
544:Eugenius I
534:Cyriacus I
519:Olympianus
311:References
41:references
1858:Demetrius
1848:Maximus V
1833:Basil III
1751:Cyril VII
1671:Gregory V
1656:Procopius
1564:Cyprianus
1489:Paisius I
1484:Cyril III
1409:Gabriel I
1349:Joachim I
1339:Nephon II
1329:Raphael I
1304:Joasaph I
1257:Joseph II
1247:Matthew I
1237:Antony IV
1212:Isidore I
1192:John XIII
1142:Manuel II
1102:George II
1097:Dositheus
1037:Cosmas II
1002:John VIII
992:Michael I
922:Antony II
917:Stephen I
912:Photios I
867:Nicetas I
807:Thomas II
787:Sergius I
762:Eutychius
737:Timothy I
727:Euphemius
707:Anatolius
698:Byzantine
685:Anatolius
665:Nestorius
640:Nectarius
635:Gregory I
630:Maximus I
595:Alexander
574:Alexander
430:Byzantium
133:Successor
115:In office
1843:Benjamin
1686:Cyril VI
1574:Cyril IV
1454:Cyril II
1319:Symeon I
1227:Macarius
1207:John XIV
1187:Nephon I
1182:John XII
1162:Joseph I
1147:Arsenius
1127:Μanuel I
1092:Leontius
1082:Basil II
1072:Chariton
1007:Cosmas I
907:Ignatios
897:John VII
892:Antony I
877:Tarasius
832:Paul III
827:George I
782:Thomas I
767:John III
722:Fravitta
650:Arsacius
620:Evagrius
615:Eudoxius
605:Eusebius
554:Dometius
539:Castinus
524:Marcus I
514:Pertinax
504:Laurence
474:Diogenes
469:Sedecion
464:Plutarch
454:Onesimus
294:Filioque
290:Urban II
282:Anatolia
245:and the
159:May 1111
1814:Turkish
1611:Cyril V
1514:Clement
1434:Cyril I
1314:Mark II
1285:Ottoman
1167:John XI
1022:John IX
987:Alexius
957:Βasil I
942:Tryphon
872:Paul IV
847:John VI
797:Paul II
792:Pyrrhus
772:John IV
742:John II
717:Acacius
680:Flavian
675:Proclus
655:Atticus
559:Rufinus
509:Alypius
449:Stachys
237:leader
235:Bogomil
54:improve
1877:Nicaea
1631:Samuel
1202:Isaias
1107:John X
812:John V
600:Paul I
564:Probus
499:Euzois
444:Andrew
327:
300:, and
298:azymes
296:, the
271:Vlachs
231:heresy
200:Seljuk
105:Church
43:, but
1539:James
1232:Nilus
842:Cyrus
802:Peter
757:Menas
549:Titus
484:Felix
435:Roman
174:Greek
1062:Luke
325:ISBN
156:Died
148:Born
1027:Leo
168:or
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