Dimitrios I

[ dih-mee-tree-uhs ]

noun

1. Dimitrios Papadopoulos, 1914–91, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church 1972–91.

Example Sentences

In 1989, his predecessor, Patriarch Dimitrios I, designated Sept. 1 as a day of prayer for the welfare of all creation, and Bartholomew has expanded upon this initiative.

From Washington Post

“When I heard that the name was Dimitrios I was trying to find a different one because he was one of our football players. He was always after school working hard, he was always there, you’d always see him.”

From The Guardian

First, in 1979, came the memorable papal visit to Istanbul's Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I, spiritual head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which broke with Rome a millennium ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

There last week, sitting opposite the crowned and richly vested Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I, Pope John Paul II became the first Pontiff in nine centuries to join in an Orthodox Eucharistic service.

From Time Magazine Archive