Anthimus VI, (original name Joannides, 1782 – 7 December 1877) was the
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for three periods from 1845 to 1848, from 1853 to 1855 and from 1871 to 1873. He was born in Kutali Island in the
Sea of Marmara and died in
Kandilli.
Before becoming a Patriarch, Anthimus was a monk at the
Esphigmenou monastery in
Mount Athos
Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...
, and became
metropolitan bishop of
Serres (1829),
Prussa (1833) and
Ephesus
Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...
(1837). In 1845 he expanded the
catholicon of the monastery, adding two
chapels, a
vestibule
Vestibule or Vestibulum can have the following meanings, each primarily based upon a common origin, from early 17th century French, derived from Latin ''vestibulum, -i n.'' "entrance court".
Anatomy
In general, vestibule is a small space or cavity ...
and a
porch to it.
1790 births
1878 deaths
Bishops of Ephesus
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Greece
Metropolitans of Bursa
19th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
People associated with Esphigmenou Monastery
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