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| − | [[Image:AthenagorasIwPaulVI.jpg|thumb|Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (left) with Pope Paul VI]] '''Patriarch Athenagoras I''' (born '''Aristokles Spyrou''') ([[March 25]], 1886 - [[July 7]], 1972) was the [[Church of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] from 1948 to 1972. | + | [[Image:AthenagorasIwPaulVI.jpg|thumb|Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (left) with Pope Paul VI]] '''Patriarch Athenagoras I''' (born '''Aristokles Spyrou''') ([[March 25]], 1886 - [[July 7]], 1972) was the 268th [[Church of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] from 1948 to 1972. |
His meeting with Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem in 1964 led to rescinding the 1054 excommunications of the [[Great Schism]]. This was a significant step towards restoring full communion between Rome and Constantinople. It produced the [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/speeches/1965/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19651207_common-declaration_en.html Catholic-Orthodox Joint declaration of 1965], which was read out on 7 December 1965 simultaneously at a public meeting of the Second Vatican Council in Rome and at a special ceremony in Istanbul. The declaration did not end the 1054 schism, but showed a desire for greater reconciliation between the two churches, represented by Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I. | His meeting with Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem in 1964 led to rescinding the 1054 excommunications of the [[Great Schism]]. This was a significant step towards restoring full communion between Rome and Constantinople. It produced the [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/speeches/1965/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19651207_common-declaration_en.html Catholic-Orthodox Joint declaration of 1965], which was read out on 7 December 1965 simultaneously at a public meeting of the Second Vatican Council in Rome and at a special ceremony in Istanbul. The declaration did not end the 1054 schism, but showed a desire for greater reconciliation between the two churches, represented by Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I. | ||
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Patriarch Athenagoras I (born Aristokles Spyrou) (March 25, 1886 - July 7, 1972) was the 268th Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972.
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His meeting with Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem in 1964 led to rescinding the 1054 excommunications of the Great Schism. This was a significant step towards restoring full communion between Rome and Constantinople. It produced the Catholic-Orthodox Joint declaration of 1965, which was read out on 7 December 1965 simultaneously at a public meeting of the Second Vatican Council in Rome and at a special ceremony in Istanbul. The declaration did not end the 1054 schism, but showed a desire for greater reconciliation between the two churches, represented by Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I.
Athenagoras I was born in 1886 in Vasilikón, near Ioánnina, Epirus, Greece, and died in Istanbul, Turkey in 1972.
| Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Maximus V |
Patriarch of Constantinople 1948-1972 |
Succeeded by: Demetrios I |
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