Meletius Metaxakis
Meletius (Greek: Μελέτιος; secular name Emmanuel Metaxakis, Ἐμμανουήλ Μεταξάκης; 21 September 1871 – 28 July 1935), was primate of the Church of Greece from 1918 to 1920 as Meletius III, after which he was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Meletius IV from 1921 to 1923 and Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Meletius II from 1926 to 1935. He is the only man in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church to serve successively as the senior bishop of three autocephalous churches.
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Meletius as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1923)
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Born | Emmanuel Metaxakis 21 September 1871 Parsas, Ierapetra, Ottoman Crete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 July 1935 63) Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt | (aged
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