Athenagoras I

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[ath-uh-nag-er-uhs, ah-thee-nah-gaw-rahs] / ˌæθ əˈnæg ər əs, ɑˌθi nɑˈgɔ rɑs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Accompanied by four of his Metropolitans, Athenagoras I, the spiritual primate of Orthodoxy, arrived by jet for the third of his historic, symbolic encounters with Pope Paul VI.

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A swarm of 150 reporters and photographers crashed one of the Pope's private meetings with Patriarch Athenagoras I, scuffled boisterously for position while the two religious leaders stared in surprise.

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Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople, "first among equals" of the Orthodox prelates, proposed the conference, but, following tradition, nei ther he nor the other major patriarchs were present.

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This moment, Your Holiness," said Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople, "is one of the most significant for mankind.

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But behind his election loomed a split in the Greek Orthodox Church, and outright mutiny against towering, white-bearded Athenagoras I of Constantinople, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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