Patriarchen athenagoras biography


Patriarchen athenagoras biography

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    Athenagoras I of Constantinople

    268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (r. 1948-72)

    Athenagoras I (Greek: Αθηναγόρας Αʹ), born Aristocles Matthaiou ("son of Matthew", a patronymic) Spyrou (Greek: Αριστοκλής Ματθαίου Σπύρου; 6 April [O.S.

    25 March] 1886 – July 7, 1972), was Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America from 1930 to 1948[1] and the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972.

    Biography

    Athenagoras was born as Aristocles Matthew Spyrou on April 6 [O.S.

    March 25] 1886 in the village of Vasiliko, near Ioannina, Epirus (then Ottoman Empire).[2] He has been described as having been of Aromanian,[3][4][5]Albanian,[6] or Greek descent.[2] Athenagoras was the son of Matthew N.

    Spyrou, a doctor, and Helen V. Mokoros.[2] Athenagoras devoted himself to religion at an early age because of the encouragement he received f