Jeremias I of Constantinople
Saint Jeremias I | |
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Dionysius II | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 13 January 1546 Vratsa |
| Denomination | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Previous post(s) | Archbishop of Sofia |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 13 January |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Title as Saint | Patriarch, Holy Hierarch |
| Canonized | 10 January 2023 Istanbul by Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
Saint Jeremias I (Greek: Ἰερεμίας; died 13 January 1546) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople two times, from 1522 to 1524 and from 1525 to 1546.[1]
Life
St. Jeremias was a native of Zitsa in Epirus,[2] and was raised without instruction.[3] He became Archbishop of Sofia on or before 1513.[4] On the 31 December 1522 he became Patriarch of Constantinople.[5]
Shortly after his election, he travelled to
In 1537 Jeremias obtained an order from the Sultan
On 10 January 2023 (N.S.), the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, under the presidency of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, formally added Patriarch Jeremias I to the calendar of Saints of the Orthodox Church, with an annual commemoration of 13 January.[8]
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ "Jeremias I". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ R. Janin (1956). "Constantinople, Patriarcat grec". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. Vol. 13. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. 677.
- ^ Тютюнджиев, Ив., Мутафова, Кр. История на българския народ през XV-XVII в. в таблици, схеми, карти, и тестове. Велико Търново, 1994, 38.
- ISBN 2-7063-0210-0.
- ISBN 2-7063-0210-0.
- ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0.
- ^ "Announcement of the Work of the Holy and Sacred Synod". Ecumenical Patriarchate. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
Further reading
- Στρουμπάκης, Μιχαήλ (2005). Ιερεμίας Α' - Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (1522-1546) Ο Βίος και το Έργο του [Jeremias I - Patriarch of Constantinople (1522-1546) The Life and Work]. Athens: Phanárion. ISBN 960-8116-08-2. (in Greek)
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