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Meletius IV (Metaxakis) of Constantinople

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Later Life
According to a listing of famous Greek Freemasons on the official website of the [http://www.grandlodge.gr/Famous_gr_home.html Grand Lodge of Greece] (''Megali Stoas Tis Ellados''), Meletius Metaxakis is listed as a Freemason in the Lodge: "ΑΡΜΟΝΙΑ" (HARMONY):
''*"Μελέτιος Β' (Εμμ. Μεταξάκης) - Αλεξανδρείας και Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης - ΑΡΜΟΝΙΑ" ::(transl. ''Meletios II (E. Metaxakis) - Alexandria and Ecumenical Patriarch - HARMONY'' )
Metaxakis was one of the most fascinating characters in Orthodox church history. He was the only man successively to lead four three autocephalous (independent) Orthodox Churches: those of [[Church of CyprusGreece|CyprusGreece]], [[Church of GreeceConstantinople|GreeceConstantinople]], and [[Church of ConstantinopleAlexandria|ConstantinopleAlexandria]]; and to rule a diocese in another, and that of [[Church of AlexandriaCyprus|AlexandriaCyprus]].
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