Athenagoras I

[ ath-uh-nag-er-uhs; Greek ah-thee-nah-gaw-rahs ]

noun

1. Aristocles Spyrou, 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.

Example Sentences

The date of his announcement - Sunday 5 January - was significant, as it marked the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople in 1964, he said.

From BBC

"There was a man sent from God," said Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, quoting the New Testament, "and his name was John."

From Time Magazine Archive

On his historic three-day trip to Israel and Jordan at the end of this week, Pope Paul VI plans to meet Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and first among equals of the world's Orthodox bishops.

From Time Magazine Archive

A new spirit of warmth had begun when Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I met in Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives in 1964.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Greeks, who did not establish their American archdiocese until 1921, insist that other Orthodox canons give jurisdiction over all believers in the "diaspora churches" to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras I, first among equals of the world's Orthodox bishops.

From Time Magazine Archive