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Nephon II of Constantinople

Wsk — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:19:15 GMT

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His All-Holiness '''Nephon II of Constantinople''', also '''Nifon II''', was the Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods, from 1486 to 1488 and then from 1497 to 1498. He was called again, a third time in 1502, but refused the invitation.

He was born on the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece. His mother was a noble Greek woman and his father a rich Albanian nobleman. He entered a [[monasticism|monastic]] life as a [[monk]] at Epidaurus and later moved to [[Mount Athos]]. Before his election as [[patriarch]], he was Archbishop of Thessalonica.

During his tenures as patriarch Nephon was confronted by the many competing power groups within the church that made difficult his attempts to reorganize the patriarchate and that also resulted in his depositions and refusal of a third invitation.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.ec-patr.org/list/index.php?lang=en&id=172 EC-patr: Nifon II]
*[[wikipedia: Patriarch_Nephon_II_of_Constantinople]]
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102277 St Niphon the Patriarch of Constantinople of Mt Athos]

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[[Category: Patriarchs of Constantinople]]

Marcus II Xylokaraves of Constantinople

Wsk — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:48:26 GMT

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His All-Holiness '''Marcus II Xylokaraves of Constantinople''', also '''Mark II''', was Patriarch of Constantinople for only a part of the year 1466 before he was [[deposition|deposed]] after being maliciously accused by his opponents.

Marcus was elected [[patriarch]] by a vote of the hierarchy and [[clergy]] of the patriarchate. He was well educated, but had malicious opponents who reached the Sultan with a bribe of a thousand florins to seat their candidate [[Symeon I of Trebizond|Symeon]]. This resulted in Patr. Marcus' humiliating deposition and anathematization on a charge of simony. <ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/3278320/Patriarchs-of-Constantinople]] C. D. Cobham, ''The Patriarchs of Constantinople'', Cambridge at the University Press, 1911, Introduction II, p75 </ref> Later, during the patriarchate of [[Dionysius I of Constantinople|Dionysius I]], from 1467 to 1472, Marcus was exonerated by a council in Constantinople and appointed [[archbishop]] of Ochrid.

==Reference==
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==Source==
*[http://www.ec-patr.org/list/index.php?lang=en&id=165 Ec-patr: MarkII]

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[[Category: Patriarchs of Constantinople]]

Metrophanes III of Constantinople

Wsk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:05:42 GMT

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His All-Holiness '''Metrophanes III of Constantinople''' was the Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods, from 1565 to 1572 and then from 1579 to 1580. He was outspoken in expressing tolerance for justice and peace towards members of other faiths by the Orthodox Church.

Little is known of his life. He is believed to have been born in 1520 and reposed in 1580. He may have been Metropolitan of Caesarea. <ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/3278320/Patriarchs-of-Constantinople]] C. D. Cobham, ''The Patriarchs of Constantinople'', Cambridge at the University Press, 1911, Prefactory Note, p16 </ref>

In 1568, during his first period as [[patriarch]], Patr. Metrophanes issued a strong condemnation in an encyclical concerning mistreatment of Jews in Crete, stating in the document: "Injustice ... regardless to whomever acted upon or performed against, is still injustice. The unjust person is never relieved of the responsibility of these acts under the pretext that the injustice is done against a heterodox and not to a believer. As our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospels said do not oppress or accuse anyone falsely; do not make any distinction or give room to the believers to injure those of another belief." <ref> [[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Religious_pluralism]] Religious Pluralism</ref>

==References==
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title=[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]|
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==External link==
*[http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8072 GOARCH: Patriarchal Encyclicals on Religious Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence]

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[[Category: Patriarchs of Constantinople]]

Odo of Canterbury

Wsk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:13:57 GMT

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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Odo of Canterbury''', also '''Oda the Good''' and '''Oda the Severe''', was the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from about 941 until his repose in 959. He was noted for his fairness and deep concern for the welfare of the people. He took part in the formulation of legislation of Kings Edmund and Edgar the Peaceful and blessed the monastic reforms of St. [[Dunstan of Canterbury|Dunstan]] at Glastonbury, that promoted the revival of [[monasticism]] in England. His [[feast day]] is [[June 2]].

==Life==
The date of his birth is believed to be about 870. He was born to Danish parents in East Anglia. His father, who may have been a [[pagan]], did not encourage Odo in his quest for Christianity. Athelhelm, a nobleman, adopted Odo and educated him for service to God. According to tradition, after he was [[ordination|ordained]] Odo accompanied Athelhelm on a journey to Rome. On the way, Athelhelm became ill and was cured by Odo after he drank of a cup of wine that Odo had blessed. The history of his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] and service as a [[bishop]] is complicated by varying and differing sources. In conflicting reports, he is variously noted to have been consecrated [[Bishop]] of Wilton, in 920, by [[Archbishop]] Wulfhelm who himself could not have done it before 923, and as Bishop of Ramsbury in 927. He is also stated to have been Bishop of Sherborne a tenure that could not have begun before 925.

During the reign of King Athelstan, Odo was highly esteemed in his court. In 937, he was present at the battle of Brunanburh during which Odo restored to Athelstan his lost sword at a critical time, leading to Athelstan's victory over a force of Scots, Danes, and Northumbrians.

After the death of Abp. Wulfhelm on [[February 12]], 941, King Edmund named Odo as Wulfhelm's successor as Archbishop of Canterbury, although initially Odo refused, noting that he was not a [[monk]] as were the previous archbishops. Before his enthronement Odo became a monk, having joined a Benedictine [[monastery]] at Fleury-sur-Loire.

While archbishop of Canterbury, Odo helped King Edmund with his legislation and for the church developed rules covering various aspects of church life: the privileges of the church; the respective duties of the secular princes, bishops, [[priest]]s, clerics, monks; prohibition on illegal marriages; preserving peace; fasting and almsgiving; and tithing. He consecrated St. Dunstan bishop of Worcester and hailed him as a future archbishop of Canterbury.

Abp. Odo died on June 2, 959 and, after short tenures as archbishop of Canterbury by Ælfsige and Byrhthelm, was succeeded by St. Dunstan.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11209b.htm St. Odo]
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4892 St. Odo the Good]
*[http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-odo-the-good/ Saint Odo the Good]
*[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm (Odo) the Good]

==External links==
[wikipedia: Oda_the_Severe]]

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[[Category: Saints]]
[[Category: Saints of the British Isles]]

Joasaph I of Constantinople

Wsk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:40:51 GMT

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'''Joasaph I of Constantinople''', also ''Joasaph I Kokkas'', was Patriarch of Constantinople from 1464 to 1466, during a period of great difficulty following the [[fall of Constantinople]] to the Ottoman Turks. Little is known of Joasaph's life before he became [[patriarch]]. He experienced much difficulty in his relations with the Sultan through the intermediator Georgios Amirountzis who in 1466 moved for Joasaph's [[deposition]] from the patriarchal throne because he would not bless the marriage of a Christian women to a [[muslim]] courtier.

In dismissing Joasaph, Sultan Mohammed II spat in Joasaph's face and with his sword cut Joasaph's beard.

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==Source==
*[http://www.ec-patr.org/list/index.php?lang=en&id=164 Ec-patr: Joasaph I]

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[[Category: Patriarchs of Constantinople]]

Anatoly Chistousov

Stone18 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:26 GMT

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'''Fr. Anatoly Chistousov''' (in world ''Anatoly Ivanovich Chistousov'', born 1953, Kirov — died [[February 14]], 1996, village Old Achkhoy, Chechnya) is a priest of Russian Orthodox Church, martyred in Chechnya.

== Biography ==
He graduated a military college of navigators of the Air Forces and pedagogical institute (in absentia). In the eighties the XX-th century he served as the officer-tutor in one of military colleges of the city of Stavropol.

In 1993 he retired from of the army. The major of a stock.

On March 18, 1994 by Metropolitan Gedeon (Dokikin) he was ordained a deacon.

On March, 20, 1994 he was ordained a priest.

On March 21, 1994 he was appointed to help of Protopriest of orthodox churches of the Chechen Republic.

Since March, 15th, 1995 he was a rector of Michael Archangel church of the city of Grozny and Protopriest of orthodox churches in Chechnya.

On January 29th, 1996, during the First Chechen war, together with archpriest Sergius Zhigulin he has been grasped by terrorists and was placed in a concentration camp of so-called «Department of state security of the Chechen republic Ichkeria». Under tortures he did not stipulated itself and not renounced belief and, as a result, has been shot by them.

He was martyred in February 14th, 1996.

Remains of father Anatoly were exhumated just in July, 2003 in mountains near Old Achkhoy.
== Links ==
* [http://www.stavropol-eparhia.ru/personae/clergy/chistousov/ Биография на сайте Ставропольской и Владикавказской епархии РПЦ]
* [http://www.pobeda.ru/content/view/1315/10/ Жизнеописание священника о. Анатолия Чистоусова]
* [http://www.mospat.ru/archive/nr004261.htm Священник Анатолий Чистоусов принял мученическую кончину в чеченском плену]
* [http://www.miloserdie.ru/index.php?ss=4&s=19&id=2984 Крест на могиле о. Анатолия Чистоусова]
* [http://www.stavropol-eparhia.ru/personae/clergy/chistousov/ Священник Анатолий Чистоусов]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjvTpaylFg Документальный фильм «Миротворцы» В.Носков]

Odo of Canterbury (10th century)

Wsk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:19:41 GMT

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Our father among the saints '''Odo of Canterbury''', also '''Oda the Good''' and '''Oda the Severe''', was the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from about 941 until his repose in 959. He was noted for his fairness and deep concern for the welfare of the people. He took part in the formulation of legislation of Kings Edmund and Edgar the Peaceful and blessed the monastic reforms of St. [[Dunstan of Canterbury|Dunstan]] at Glastonbury, that promoted the revival of [[monasticism]] in England. His [[feast day]] is [[June 2]].

==Life==
The date of his birth is believed to be about 870. He was born to Danish parents in East Anglia. His father, who may have been a [[pagan]], did not encourage Odo in his quest for Christianity. Athelhelm, a nobleman, adopted Odo and educated him for service to God. According to tradition, after he was [[ordination|ordained]] Odo accompanied Athelhelm on a journey to Rome. On the way, Athelhelm became ill and was cured by Odo after he drank of a cup of wine that Odo had blessed. The history of his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] and service as a [[bishop]] is complicated by varying sources. In conflicting reports, he is variously noted to have been consecrated [[Bishop]] of Wilton in 920, by a [[Archbishop]] Wulfhelm who could not have done it before 923, and as Bishop of Ramsbury in 927. He is also stated to have been Bishop of Sherborne a tenure that could not have begun before 925.

During the reign of King Athelstan, Odo was highly esteemed in his court. In 937, he was present at the battle of Brunanburh during which Odo restored to Athelstan his lost sword at a critical time, leading to Athelstan's victory over a force of Scots, Danes, and Northumbrians.

After the death of Abp. Wulfhelm on [[February 12]], 941, King Edmund named Odo as Wulfhelm's successor as Archbishop of Canterbury, although initially Odo refused, noting that he was not a [[monk]] as were the previous archbishops. Before his enthronement, Odo became a monk, having joined a Benedictine [[monastery]] at Fleury-sur-Loire.

While archbishop of Canterbury, Odo helped King Edmund with his legislation and developed rules covering various aspects of church life: the privileges of the church; the respective duties of the secular princes, bishops, [[priest]]s, clerics, monks; prohibition on illegal marriages; preserving peace; fasting and almsgiving; and tithing. He consecrated St. Dunstan bishop of Worcester and hailed him as a future archbishop of Canterbury.

Abp. Odo died on June 2, 959 and, after short tenures as archbishop of Canterbury by Ælfsige and Byrhthelm, was succeeded by St. Dunstan.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11209b.htm St. Odo]
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4892 St. Odo the Good]
*[http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-odo-the-good/ Saint Odo the Good]
*[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm (Odo) the Good]

==External links==
[[wikipedia:Oda_the_Severe]]

[[Category: Bishops]]

Peter of Canterbury

Wsk — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:37:13 GMT

Summary: some clean up

Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Peter of Canterbury''' was a [[monk]] and later [priest]] among the first group of missionaries sent to proselytize the Anglo-Saxons in England in the late sixth century. He was a companion of [[Augustine of Canterbury]]. He became the first [[abbot]] of the [[monastery]] at Canterbury that was first dedicated to Ss. [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]], and later re-dedicated as St. Augustine's monastery. His [[feast day]] is [[January 6]].

==Life==
Little is known of Peter's early life. He is thought to have been a native of Italy. He was member of the mission of forty monks led by St. Augustine that [[Gregory the Dialogist]], [[Pope]] of Rome, sent to Great Britain in the last years of the sixth century. The mission landed in Kent in 597 and soon made a [[conversion|convert]] of King Ethelbert of Kent. Ethelbert gave the mission the land that became the monastery of Ss. Peter and Paul, of which Peter was made the first abbot.

In late 600, Peter and [[Laurence of Canterbury|Laurence]] were sent back to Rome by Augustine to report their successes in Kent and to request more missionaries. They returned to Kent in 601, with replies by Gregory to questions that Augustine had Peter convey to Gregory.

Peter died by drowning while traveling between Canterbury and Gaul. His death occurred in the English Channel in the bay of Ambleteuse near Boulogne. According to [[Bede]] he was buried hastily in an "unworthy place", but, after a mysterious light appeared over his grave every night, the local inhabitants realized Peter was a saint and exhumed his [[relics]] and re-interred them in Boulogne. The date of his death is uncertain. A range of probable years for his death from 605 to 611 is given in information by the fifteenth century chronicler Thomas of Elmham. However, Peter is recorded as being present at the Council of Paris held in 614. It is possible that Peter drowned when returning to England from the Paris council.

==Sources==
*[[wikipedia:Peter_of_Canterbury]]
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/peter-of-canterbury Peter of Canterury]
*[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome: Peter of Canterbury]

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[[Category: Saints of the British Isles]]
[[Category: Missionaries]]
[[Category: Monastics]]

Gregory III of Constantinople

Wsk — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:22:24 GMT

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'''Gregory III Melissinou (Mammas)''' was Patriarch of Constantinople in the mid fifteenth century. Having attended the abortive Ferrara-Florence Council at which he favored re-union with Rome, his tenure as [[patriarch]] was stormy and ended when he was forced to flee to Rome.

==Life==
Little is known of his early life. Even his birth name is not clear. He became a [[monk]] in 1420. In 1437, he became spiritual father (''pneumatikos'') to emperor John VIII Palaiologos. He participated in the preliminary negotiations with Rome at the Council of Basle and later accompanied Patriarch [[Joseph II of Constantinople|Joseph II]] to [[Council of Florence|Florence]]. He was active in the theological discussions during the council sessions. Since he favored re-union with Rome, Melissinou was constantly opposed by Abp. [[Mark of Ephesus]]. Also, at Florence, he, with Bp. Irakleia Antonius, represented Philotheus, the Patriarch of Alexandria.

After the death of Patr. [[Metrophanes II of Constantinople|Metrophones II]] in 1443, he succeeded him as Gregory III, surnamed Mammas. As he continued to favor re-union with Rome he was under continuing pressures in Constantinople. In 1450, he was forced to leave Constantinople and flee to Rome. Upon reaching Rome in August 1451, Gregory was warmly welcomed by Pope Nicholas V.

Gregory III died in 1459 and, despite all the efforts by Pope Nicholas to help, Gregory was not able to recover the patriarchal throne in Constantinople.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.ec-patr.org/list/index.php?lang=gr&id=157 Ec-patr: Gregory III Mammas] in Greek
*[http://syropoulos.co.uk/ecclesiastic.htm Gregory the Confessor]

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[[Category: Patriarchs of Constantinople]]