Patriarch Metrophanes of Alexandria
| Metrophanes Μητροφάνης |
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| Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa | |
Metrophanes Kritopoulos
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| Church | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| See | Alexandria |
| Installed | 1636 |
| Term ended | 1639 |
| Predecessor | Gerasimus Ι |
| Successor | Nicephorus |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Metrophanes Kritopoulos |
| Born | c. 1589 Veria, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 30 May 1639 Wallachia, Ottoman Empire |
| Occupation | Theology, Greek literature, and philosophy |
Metrophanes Kritopoulos, sometimes Critopoulos, Critopoulus, Kritopulus (Greek: Μητροφάνης Κριτόπουλος, c. 1589 – 30 May 1639)[1] was a Greek[2] monk and theologian who served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1636 and 1639.
Biography
Metrophanes Kritopoulos was a Greek[3][4] born in Veria, Macedonia in 1589. Originally a monk on Mount Athos, he was a close associate of Cyril Lucaris. He studied at the University of Oxford in England (1617–24, funded by James I) and in Germany. He travelled to Europe and mingled with the greatest scholars and theologians of his day. He made Orthodoxy known in the West and was particularly concerned with the problem of unifying the Orthodox Church with the churches of Western Europe.[5] He taught Greek in Vienna (1627–30). After a period as bishop of Memphis in Egypt, he was elected patriarch of Alexandria on 1636, where he put together an important library. He died in Wallachia in 1639.
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| Preceded by | Greek Patriarch of Alexandria 1636–1639 |
Succeeded by Nicephorus |
- Articles containing Greek-language text
- 1589 births
- 1639 deaths
- 17th-century people of the Ottoman Empire
- People from Veria
- Eastern Orthodox Christians from Greece
- 17th-century Greek clergy
- 17th-century Greek Patriarchs of Alexandria
- 17th-century Greek people
- 17th-century Greek writers
- 17th-century Greek educators
- 17th-century Greek philosophers
