Dionysius IV of Constantinople
Dionysius IV of Constantinople | |
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Church of Constantinople | |
In office | 8 November 1671 – 25 July 1673 29 July 1676 – 29 July 1679 10 July 1682 – 30 March 1684 end of March 1686 – 17 October 1687 August 1693 – April 1694 |
Predecessor | Parthenius IV of Constantinople, James of Constantinople, Callinicus II of Constantinople |
Successor | Gerasimus II of Constantinople, Athanasius IV of Constantinople, Parthenius IV of Constantinople, James of Constantinople, Callinicus II of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | unknown |
Died | 23 September 1696 Târgoviște |
Dionysius IV Mouselimes (Greek: Διονύσιος Μουσελίμης; died 23 September 1696) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for five times, in 1671–73, 1676–79, 1682–84, 1686–87, and 1693–94.
Life
He was born in Istanbul, where he grew up. He studied at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College and worked as an administrative officer at the Patriarchate. On 9 August 1662 he was elected bishop of Larissa, where he remained until 1671, when he was first elected Patriarch of Constantinople. After serving his first term as Patriarch of Constantinople, Dionysius was appointed the Metropolitan of Philippopolis (Plovdiv).[1]
During his second term, in 1678 Dionysius merged eparchies of Gothia and Caffa in Crimea on decision of the Holy Synod.[1]
After his second term as Patriarch of Constantinople, from 1676 to 1679, he settled in
He was imprisoned by the Ottoman Turks twice, in 1679, and from 1687 until 1688. After his final removal from the patriarchal throne in 1694, he retired in Bucharest, Romania. Dionysius died on 23 September 1696 at Târgoviște in Wallachia and was buried in Radu Vodă Monastery, a Romanian Orthodox monastery in Bucharest, where he lived his last years.
During his time of patriarchy he dealt with many religious and political subjects including the position of the Orthodox church against the
See also
- Annexation of the Metropolitanate of Kyiv by the Moscow Patriarchate
References
- ^ a b c ДИОНИСИЙ IV СЕРОГЛАНИС. www.pravenc.ru
Sources
- List of Patriarchs on the official website of the Ecumenical Patriarchate