Seraphim II of Constantinople
Serapheim II | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Church | Church of Constantinople |
Installed | 22 July 1757 |
Term ended | 26 March 1761 |
Predecessor | Callinicus IV (III) |
Successor | Joannicius III |
Personal details | |
Born | Delvinë, Albania |
Died | 1781 or 1782 Mhar Monastery |
Previous post | Metropolitan of Philippoupolis |
Serapheim II Anina (Greek: Σεραφεὶμ Β´) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1757 until 1761.
Life
Serapheim II was born in Delvinë, southern Albania to Greek[1] parents in the late 17th century. Before he was elected as Patriarch of Constantinople on 22 July 1757 he was Metropolitan of Philippoupolis.[2]:{{{3}}}
As Patriarch in 1759 he introduces the feast of Saint Andrew on 30 November,[3]:{{{3}}} and in 1760 he gave the first permission to Cosmas of Aetolia to begin missionary tours in the villages of Thrace.[4]:{{{3}}}
In 1759 he invited Eugenios Voulgaris to head the reforms in the patriarchal academy and during his tenure in the academy influenced by Serapheim's pro-Russian ideals Voulgaris contributed to the reapproachment of the Russian Empire with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.[5]:{{{3}}}[6]:{{{3}}} As a consequence Serapheim II was deposed on 26 March 1761 and exiled on Mount Athos,[2]:{{{3}}} and he was replaced by the Ottoman authorities with Joannicius III.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 he supported the Russian Empire and the establishment of an Orthodox pro-Russian state in the Balkans and in 1769 he urged the Greek population to rebel against the Turks.[7]:{{{3}}} After the failure of the revolution, in 1776 he moved to Ukraine, where he died on 7 December 1779.[2]:{{{3}}} He was buried in the Mhar Monastery.
Notes
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