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Basil III of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1925 to 1929 Basil III264th Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical PatriarchChurchEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleSeeConstantinopleIn office13 July 1925 –29 September 1929PredecessorConstantine VISuccessorPhotius IIPersonal detailsBornVasileios Georgiadis1846Skutari, Constantinople, Ottoman EmpireDied29 September 1929 (aged 83)Fatih, Constantinople, TurkeyDenominationEastern Orthodoxy Ecumenical Patriarch Basil III (Greek: Βασίλειος Γʹ; 1846 – 29 September 1929), born Vasileios Georgiadis (Βασίλειος Γεωργιάδης)[citation needed], was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from July 1925, and serving until his death in September 1929, serving as the primus inter pares (first among equals) and spiritual leader of Easter Orthodox Christianity worldwide.

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