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    Photios I (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios; c. 810/820 – 6 February 893), also spelled Photius (/ˈfoʊʃəs/), was the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople from...
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  • Ignatius I (847–858 AD) 86. St. Photios I the Great (858–867 AD) St. Ignatius I (867–877 AD), restored St. Photios I the Great (877–886 AD), restored...
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  • emperor. Photios was removed from his office and banished about the end of September 867, and Ignatios was reinstated on 23 November. Photios was condemned...
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    the Patriarch Photios only chose to launch a campaign against the Latin doctrine after his claim to be rightful Patriarch of Constantinople was rejected...
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    ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, romanized: Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter...
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    The Council of Constantinople of 843 or the Synod of Constantinople of 843 was a local council (as opposed to an ecumenical council) of Christian bishops...
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    of Constantinople. Moscow's de facto independence from Constantinople remained unrecognized until 1589 when Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople approved...
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    all seven. Constantinople II was convoked by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I under the presidency of Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople. It was held...
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    The First Council of Constantinople (Latin: Concilium Constantinopolitanum; Greek: Σύνοδος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) was a council of Christian bishops convened...
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    The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, romanized: Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos...
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    falsely attributed to Photios I of Constantinople lists this as the second point, right after the Filioque. In 1995, John Paul II wrote: "With the power...
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  • Hermopolis). If Andronicus is the same as the Andronicus mentioned by Photios I of Constantinople as the author of dramas and various other poems, he was a native...
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    the Penthekte Synod, was a church council held in 692 at Constantinople under Justinian II. It is known as the "Council in Trullo" because, like the...
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    Although a Council of Constantinople in 861 confirmed Photios as patriarch, Ignatios appealed to Pope Nicholas I, who declared Photios illegitimate in 863...
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    of that time, as represented in the inaugural sermon by the patriarch Photios. However, no record of figurative decoration of Hagia Sophia exists before...
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    Fifth Council of Constantinople is a name given to a series of six councils held in the Byzantine capital Constantinople between 1341 and 1351, to deal...
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  • Patriarch of Constantinople, Nicholas I Mystikos, to Umar's son Yusuf, Umar had maintained a friendly correspondence with the Patriarch Photios. Miles 1964...
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  • Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus', Photios, had proclaimed Jonah as his successor, and that a Patriarch of Constantinople which they did not name had once...
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  • Anthony and John (priests of Constantinople) and Theodore Krithinos. [clarification needed] Photios I of Constantinople was also named as excommunicated...
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    First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, the Third...
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    the competing claims between the Patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria led Emperor Theodosius II to call a council which was held in Ephesus in...
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  • canons of the Council of Constantinople of 861, and three canons substituted by Photios for those of the Council of Constantinople of 869. The Nomocanon...
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    century The Nomocanon of Photios, from the 9th century The Syntagma of Theodore Balsamon and his Scholia to the Nomocanon of Photios, from the 12th century...
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    Pentarchy (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    490 – c. 570); it was enunciated in its most advanced form by Photios I of Constantinople (c. 810 – c. 893), and was embraced by his successors, including...
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    Virgin's veil (category Religion in Constantinople)
    to call the garment a veil (περιβολή, peribolē) is Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople, writing about the Rus' siege of 860. Writers from the 10th century...
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  • Alexandrian theologian. He is known from quotes by Athanasius and Photios I of Constantinople. Philip of Side says that he presided over the school of Alexandria...
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    1986, p. 86. Saint Photios I 1983, p. 3. Saint Photios I 1983, p. 133. Scott 1928, pp. 344–347. Dvornik 1948, p. 279. Saint Photios I (1983). On the Mystagogy...
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  • to convening the council, he exchanged cordial letters with Photios I of Constantinople. He died in the twenty-second year of his rule and was buried...
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    the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. However, most of the dioceses of the Metropolises of the New Lands are de facto administered as part of...
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    spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople (c. 580 – 13 August 662), was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar...
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