Neophytus VI ( el, ), (? – 1747) was

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

for two terms, from 1734 to 1740 and from 1743 to 1744.

Life

Neophytus was born in

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, and when the Metropolitan of

Caesarea in Cappadocia Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large industrialised city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is composed of five districts: the two central districts of Kocasinan ...

was elected to the Patriarchate as Jeremias III, he was elected in his place as Metropolitan of Caesarea. As Metropolitan of Caesarea, his more important act was restoring in 1728 the

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of Saint John the Forerunner at Zincidere in

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. He was appointed as Patriarch on 27 Sept 1734 supported by the

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of the

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, the fanariote Alexander Ghikas. His subjection to the Dragoman caused the

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to order his deposition six years later, in August 1740. Neophytus reigned again for a short term, from May 1743 to March 1744, and during this term he was ordered by the Grand Vizier not to have any contact with Alexander Ghikas. His Patriarchal reign was not marked by any particular event, and Neophytus mainly dealt with monastic issues. He had letters with

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, the reformer of the

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, but without any result. After his second and final deposition, he was exiled in Patmos where he died in February or March 1747.

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