December 1757-1761 A.D. Seraphem II—Constantinople’s 224th; Died at Mhar Monastery; Metropolitan of Philippopoulis
Seraphim II of Constantinople
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Serapheim II
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22 July 1757
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Term ended
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26 March 1761
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1781 or 1782
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Metropolitan of Philippoupolis
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Serapheim
II Anina (Greek: Σεραφεὶμ Β´) was Ecumenical
Patriarch of Constantinople from 1757 until 1761.
Life
Serapheim II was born in Delvinë, southern Albania to Albanian[1] or Greek[2]parents in the late 17th
century. Before he was elected as Patriarch of Constantinople on 22 July 1757
he was Metropolitan of Philippoupolis.[3]
As Patriarch in 1759 he
introduces the feast of Saint Andrew on 30 November,[4]and in 1760 he gave the first
permission to Cosmas of Aetolia to begin missionary tours in the villages of Thrace.[1]
In 1759 he invited Eugenios Voulgaris to head the reforms in the patriarchal academy and
during his tenure in the academy influenced by Serapheim's pro-Russian ideals
Voulgaris contributed to the reapproachment of the Russian Empire with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.[5][6] As a consequence Serapheim II was deposed on 26 March 1761 and exiled on Mount Athos,[3] and he was replaced by the Ottoman authorities with Joannicius III.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 he supported the Russian Empire and the
establishment of an Orthodox pro-Russian state in the Balkans and in 1769 he
urged the Greek population to rebel against the Turks.[7] After the failure of the revolution, in 1776 he moved to Ukraine, where he died on 7 December
1779.[3] He was buried in the Mhar Monastery.
Notes
1. ^ Jump up to:a b Nomikos, Michael (2000). Witnesses for Christ: Orthodox Christian neomartyrs of
the Ottoman period, 1437-1860. St Vladimir's Seminary Press. p. 200. ISBN 0-88141-196-5.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b c Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press LLC.
p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
4. Jump up^ Μ.Γ.Βαρβούνη (2006). Το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο,
εκδόσεις Χελάνδιον. Athens. p. 117. ISBN 960-87087-5-3.(Greek)
5. Jump up^ Demaras, Konstantinos (1972). A history of modern Greek literature. SUNY Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-87395-071-2.
6. Jump up^ Angold, Michael (2006). Eastern Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 204. ISBN 0-521-81113-9.
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