Sophronius II of Constantinople explained

Sophronius II of Constantinople
Patriarch Of:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Enthroned:24 December 1774
Ended:8 October 1780
Diocese:Constantinople
See:Ecumenical Patriarchate
Church:Church of Constantinople
Predecessor:Samuel of Constantinople
Successor:Gabriel IV of Constantinople
Birth Place:Aleppo
Death Date:19 October 1780
Buried:Church of the Asomatoi (Pammegiston Taxiarchon), Arnavutköy
Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church
Occupation:Ecumenical Patriarch

Sophronius II of Constantinople (el|Σωφρόνιος; died 19 October 1780) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1775–1780 and, as Sophronius V (Σοφρώνιος Ε΄), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem[1] in 1771–1774.[2]

He was born in Aleppo, Syria. He served as metropolitan bishop of Ptolemais (of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem) and in 1771 he was elected Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem as Sophronius V. In 1775, he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Sophronius II. During his reign, a Synod in Constantinople condemned the Kollyvades.

He was an educated and ascetic Patriarch and was especially preoccupied with education and the economics of the Patriarchates he ministered. He died on 19 October 1780 and was buried in the yard of the Church of the Asomatoi (Pammegiston Taxiarchon) in Arnavutköy.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/πατριάρχης/ἀποστολική-διαδοχή/ Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qsoOEAAAQBAJ&dq=Parthenius+of+Jerusalem+1770&pg=PT677 Google Books website, Arab Orthodox Christians Under the Ottomans 1516–1831 (Appendix: Patriarchs and the Sultans), by Constantin Alexandrovich Panchenko
  3. http://www.megarevma.net/Patriarch.htm Megarevma.net