I. Athenagoras

Details

Instance of

human

Born

25 March 1886, 6 April 1886

Died

7 July 1972

Place of birth

Vasiliko

Place of death

Istanbul

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Athenagoras

Field of work

ecumenism, ecumenical theology, Eastern Orthodox Church, interfaith dialogue, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Occupation

Eastern Orthodox priest, Eastern Orthodox monk, theologian, patriarch

Position held

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, metropolitan

Citizenship

Greece, Turkey, Ottoman Empire

Religion

Eastern Orthodoxy

Awards

honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Lamb

birth name

Αριστοκλής Σπύρου

cause of death

hip fracture

depicted by

Bust of Athenagoras, Ioannina, Statue of Patriarch Athinagoras, Chania, Bust of Athenagoras I, Irakleio, Bust of Athinagoras, Kerkyra, Bust of Patriarch Athenagoras, Rhodes

educated at

Halki seminary

languages spoken, written or signed

Modern Greek, Turkish, English

name in native language

Αθηναγόρας Αʹ

place of burial

Church of St. Mary of the Spring

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