Jump to content

Chrysanthus of Constantinople

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chrysanthus of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
DioceseConstantinople
SeeEcumenical Patriarchate
Installed9 July 1824
Term ended26 September 1826
PredecessorAnthimus III of Constantinople
SuccessorAgathangelus of Constantinople
Personal details
Born
Chrysanthos Manoleas (Χρύσανθος Μανωλέας)

25 February 1768
Dolno Gramatikovo (Grammatiko, Pella),
Ottoman Empire
Died10 September 1834
Kayseri, Ottoman Empire
BuriedMonastery of Christ the Saviour, Prinkipos
(modern-day Büyükada)
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church

Chrysanthus of Constantinople (Greek: Χρύσανθος), original surname Manoleas (Μανωλέας; 25 February 1768 – 10 September 1834), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1824–1826.

He was and was born on 25 February 1768 in the village Dolno Gramatikovo, later known as Grammatiko, Pella. He descended from the Manoleas family.[1] He served as metropolitan bishop of Caesarea, Veria, and from 1811 of Serres, a position he held when he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople on 9 July 1824, after the deposition of his predecessor, Anthimus III of Constantinople.

He was a member of the Filiki Eteria. He was educated and arrogant, and made many enemies. He was accused of having an affair with Evfimia, widow of the traitor Asimakis, and for this reason, he was deposed by the Ottomans on 26 September 1826 and was exiled to Kayseri. He died on 10 September 1834 and was buried in the Monastery of Christ the Saviour in the island of Prinkipos,[2] where he resided for the last years of his life.

Notes and references

[edit]
  1. ^ Ο νέος ελληνισμός στην Έδεσσα (Βοδενά), του πρώτου μισού του ΙΘ΄ αιώνα, Γεώργιος Ρουμελιώτης, Έδεσσα 200, p. 47.
  2. ^ Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο.

Bibliography

[edit]
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
1824 – 1826
Succeeded by