Demetrios I of Constantinople
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Demetrios I | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Nationality | Ottoman and Turkish |
Denomination | Eastern 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
archbishops of Canterbury representing the Anglican Communion
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In 1987, Demetrios travelled to the Vatican where he was received by John Paul II.Ut Unum Sint.[4]
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
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Joint Declaration of Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Dimitrios I". www.christianunity.va. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "Ut Unum Sint (25 May 1995) | John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ 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