Basil III of Constantinople

Basil III of Constantinople
Basil III of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	13 July 1925 –; 29 September 1929
Predecessor	Constantine VI of Constantinople
Successor	Photius II of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	Vasileios Georgiadis; 1846; Skutari, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	29 September 1929 (aged 83); Fatih, Constantinople, Turkey
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy

Basil III of Constantinople (Greek: Βασίλειος Γʹ; 1846 – 29 September 1929), born Vasileios Georgiadis (Βασίλειος Γεωργιάδης)^{[citation needed]}, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople^[1] being elected on 13 July 1925, and serving until his death in 1929.^{[citation needed]}

He studied theology and philology at the University of Athens, and obtained a PhD at the University of Munich.^{[citation needed]}

Notes and references

^ The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917–1948 - From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. 20 November 2014. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.

External links

His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Basil III of Constantinople

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Constantine VI	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1925 – 1929	Succeeded by Photius II

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[1] The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917–1948 - From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. 20 November 2014. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.

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