Basil III of Constantinople
Basil III of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Church | Church of Constantinople |
In office | 13 July 1925 – 29 September 1929 |
Predecessor | Constantine VI of Constantinople |
Successor | Photius II of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | Vasileios Georgiadis 1846 |
Died | 29 September 1929 (aged 83) Fatih, Constantinople, Turkey |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Basil III of Constantinople (Greek: Βασίλειος Γʹ; 1846 – 29 September 1929), born Vasileios Georgiadis (Βασίλειος Γεωργιάδης), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[1] being elected on 13 July 1925, and serving until his death in 1929.
He studied theology and philology at the University of Athens, and obtained a PhD at the University of Munich.
Notes and references
- ^ The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917–1948 - From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. 20 November 2014. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.