Related Research Articles
Alexandria is the third-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and Giza, seventh-largest city in Africa, and a major economic centre. With a total population of 5,200,000, Alexandria is the largest city on the Mediterranean – also called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" by locals – the sixth-largest city in the Arab world and the ninth-largest urban area in Africa. The city extends about 40 km (25 mi) at the northern coast of Egypt along the Mediterranean Sea. Alexandria is a popular tourist destination, and also an important industrial centre because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez.
The Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople was an office established as a result of the Fourth Crusade and its conquest of Constantinople in 1204. It was a Roman Catholic replacement for the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and remained in the city until the reconquest of Constantinople by the Byzantines in 1261, whereupon it became a titular see. The office was abolished in 1964.
Gregory III may refer to:
Gregory I may refer to:
Gregory III served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1354 and 1366.
Mark IV served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1385 and 1389.
The protos is a monastic office at the Eastern Orthodox monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece.
Nephon I or Niphon of Cyzicus was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314. From Veria, Greece. Nicephorus Gregoras claimed Nephon to be illiterate, a lover of luxury, and ill-suited for the position. Due to his willingness to compromise, during his time as patriarch the Arsenite Schism was healed within the Byzantine Church. Nephon abdicated the throne after four years.
Michael II Kourkouas (Oxeites), was an Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople.
Leontius or Leontios was a Byzantine emperor.
Niphon may refer to:
Eleanor of Aragon was Queen consort of Cyprus by marriage to Peter I of Cyprus. She was regent of Cyprus during the absence of her spouse in 1366, and regent during the minority of her son Peter II of Cyprus from 1369.
Anthony Bagaš was a Serbian nobleman from Kastoria who retreated to Mount Athos in between 1356 and 1366, where he later bought and restored the ruined Athonite monastery of Saint Paul with the help of Nikola-Gerasim Radonja in the 1380s, becoming its abbott - taking the monastic name Arsenios (Arsenije). The two were successful in receiving donations from both the Byzantines and Serbs, and refurbishing the monastery with revenue from Serbian silver and gold mines, making it one of the major Serbian monasteries. He translated hagiographical works into Serbian.
Nifon may refer to:
Cosmas II Atticus, was Patriarch of Constantinople from April 1146, until February 1147. He was born in Aegina, in Greece, and was a deacon of Hagia Sophia before his ascension, after Michael II Kourkouas abdicated. He was highly respected for his learning and for his holy character. Cosmas reigned during the rule of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
Niphon Kausokalybites was a Greek Christian Orthodox Saint and monk. He is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on June 14.
Patriarch Gregory III may refer to:
Patriarch Gregory of Alexandria may refer to:
Patriarch Niphon may refer to:
References
- "Niphon (1366–1385)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
| Preceded by Gregory III | Greek Patriarch of Alexandria 1366–1385 | Succeeded by Mark IV |
 | This article about an Eastern Orthodox bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |