Patriarch Athenagoras I

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Patriarch Athenagoras I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972, known for his pioneering efforts in ecumenism and his historic rapprochement with the Roman Catholic Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theologian
Eastern Orthodox bishop
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
advocated Christian unity
interchurch dialogue
areaOfInfluence worldwide Eastern Orthodox communion
birthName Aristokles Spyrou
church Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
collaborationWith Second Vatican Council
surface form: Second Vatican Council (indirectly through dialogue)
countryOfCitizenship Greece
ecclesiasticalRank Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
surface form: Archbishop of Constantinople–New Rome

Patriarch
endTime 1972
ethnicGroup Greek
givenName Aristocles
surface form: Aristokles
honorificPrefix Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
surface form: His All-Holiness
involvedIn joint Catholic–Orthodox declaration of 1965
surface form: Catholic–Orthodox Joint Declaration of 1965
knownFor lifting of mutual excommunications of 1054
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
memberOf Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
movement Christian ecumenism
notableFor improving relations between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches
joint Catholic–Orthodox declaration of 1965
pioneering efforts in ecumenism
rapprochement with the Roman Catholic Church
officeLocation Istanbul
Phanar district of Istanbul
surface form: Phanar
opposed historical hostilities between Eastern and Western Christianity
partnerInDialogue Pope Paul VI
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
positionHeld Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
precededBy Maximus V of Constantinople
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousName Athenagoras
role spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians
seeAlso Catholic–Orthodox Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue
surface form: Catholic–Orthodox relations

Christian ecumenical movement
Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

East–West Schism
surface form: Great Schism

Pope Paul VI
startTime 1948
succeededBy Dimitrios I of Constantinople
surface form: Demetrios I of Constantinople
title Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
surface form: His All-Holiness

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East–West Schism mutualExcommunicationsLiftedBy Patriarch Athenagoras I
joint Catholic–Orthodox declaration of 1965 hasAuthor Patriarch Athenagoras I
this entity surface form: Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople
joint Catholic–Orthodox declaration of 1965 signedBy Patriarch Athenagoras I
this entity surface form: Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople
Aristokles Spyrou alsoKnownAs Patriarch Athenagoras I