Athenagoras

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Athenagoras was a prominent 20th-century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople known for his efforts to promote Christian unity and improve relations between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.

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Label Occurrences
Athenagoras I of Constantinople 4
Athenagoras canonical 2
Athenagoras I 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious leader ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox bishop ⓘ
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
appointedBy Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ⓘ
birthDate 1886-03-25 ⓘ
birthName Aristokles Spyrou ⓘ
birthPlace Vasiliko, Epirus, Ottoman Empire ⓘ
modern-day Greece ⓘ
burialPlace Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
citizenship Greece ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
clergyRank Patriarch ⓘ
countryOfService Greece ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1972-07-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Istanbul, Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul
endTime 1972 ⓘ
endTime (Archbishop of North and South America) 1948 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
event historic meeting with Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem in 1964 ⓘ
mutual lifting of the 1054 excommunications in 1965 ⓘ
givenName Athenagoras ⓘ
honorificTitle His All-Holiness ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
memberOf Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
metWith Pope John XXIII ⓘ
Pope Paul VI ⓘ
notableFor ecumenical dialogue ⓘ
improving relations between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches ⓘ
promoting Christian unity ⓘ
office Archbishop of North and South America ⓘ
positionHeld Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
precededBy Maximus V of Constantinople ⓘ
promoted dialogue between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches ⓘ
inter-Christian understanding ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
seeAlso Eastern Orthodox–Roman Catholic ecumenical relations ⓘ
Ecumenical movement in the 20th century ⓘ
startTime 1948 ⓘ
startTime (Archbishop of North and South America) 1931 ⓘ
succeededBy Demetrios I of Constantinople ⓘ
supported Second Vatican Council’s ecumenical orientation ⓘ
title Athenagoras I of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Athenagoras

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dimitrios I of Constantinople → predecessor → Athenagoras I of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Athenagoras
Aristokles Spyrou → alsoKnownAs → Athenagoras I ⓘ
linked to: Athenagoras
Athenagoras I of Constantinople → givenName → Athenagoras ⓘ
subject linked to: Athenagoras
Athenagoras I of Constantinople → title → Athenagoras I of Constantinople ⓘ
subject linked to: Athenagoras
linked to: Athenagoras
Dimitrios Papadopoulos → precededBy → Athenagoras I of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Athenagoras
Maximos V → successor → Athenagoras I of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Athenagoras