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He restored the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)|Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] after it had been damaged by a fire on [[October 11]], 1808, a month before his [[enthronement]].
On [[October 14]], 1825, Patr. Polycarp joined with Patriarch [[Chrysanthus of Constantinople]] in a [[synod]] that suspended [[Theophilus I II (Pankostas) of Alexandria|Theophilus III]] from his duties as Patriarch of Alexandria for having abandoned his patriarchal throne from 1818 to 1825 and remaining at his birthplace Patmos. This synodal action was taken under pressure from the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman]] government during the Greek war of independence.
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