Demetrios I of Constantinople

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Demetrios I
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Phanar, Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityOttoman and Turkish
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church

Demetrios I, also Dimitrios I or Demetrius I, born Demetrios Papadopoulos (

Constantinopole, where he also died.[2]

Role in ecumenism

On November 30, 1979, Demetrios proclaimed the establishment of the official theological dialogue between the

.

In 1987, Demetrios travelled to the Vatican where he was received by John Paul II.

In an 8-city tour of the United States in 1990, Patriarch Demetrios met with President George H. W. Bush, with Christian and Jewish leaders, and with public officials, and spread the message that: "Today, Orthodoxy is not a strange or alien factor in America. It is flesh of its flesh and bone of its bone".[5][6]

References

  1. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  2. ^ a b "Patriarch Dimitrios I Dies, Body To Lie In State". Associated Press. 3 October 1991. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Joint Declaration of Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Dimitrios I". www.christianunity.va. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  4. ^ "Ut Unum Sint (25 May 1995) | John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  6. ^ Image of Patriarch Demetrios I with US President George H.W. Bush | 1990-07-08 | https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/file-photo-dated-july-8-1990-shows-former-us-president-news-photo/1067065308 Archived 2019-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Athenagoras I
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

1972–1991
Succeeded by
Bartholomew I
Regnal titles
Preceded by
New office
Co-Head of State of Mount Athos
1975–1991
Succeeded by
Bartholomew I