Meletius Metaxakis

Meletius IV of Constantinople
Personal details
Born
Emmanuel Metaxakis

21 September 1871
Died28 July 1935(1935-07-28) (aged 63)
Alexandria,[1] Kingdom of Egypt
DenominationEastern Orthodoxy

Meletius IV of Constantinople (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.[2] He is the only man in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church to serve successively as the senior bishop of three autocephalous churches.

  1. ^ "New York Herald Tribune (European edition)". 5 August 1935. p. 2. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Meletios II Metaxakis (1926–1935)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

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