Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
George I | |
Titles: | Patriarch of Constantinople |
Birth Date: | c. 7th century |
Birth Place: | Unknown |
Death Date: | 686 |
Death Place: | Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Venerated In: | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast Day: | August 18 |
Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
Patriarch Of: | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople |
Enthroned: | 679 |
Ended: | 686 |
Predecessor: | St. Theodore I |
Successor: | Paul III |
Religion: | Chalcedonian Christianity |
George I (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γεώργιος; died January or February 686) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 679 to 686.[1] He was succeeded, after a one-year bishopric and interlude of a reign by patriarch Theodore I of Constantinople, by His All-Holiness Paul III of Constantinople.[2]
George is commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as a saint, with his feast day being August 18.[3]