Gerasimus III of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch in 1794–1797
About Gerasimus III of Constantinople
Lived 1710 – 1800. Gerasimus III of Constantinople was a Turkish eastern Orthodox priest and ecumenical Patriarch.
Gerasimus III of Constantinople (, Gerasimos; died after 1797) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1794 to 1797.
He descended from Cyprus. In 1762, he was elected metropolitan bishop of Vize, in 1783 of İzmit, and in 1791 of Derkoi. On 3 March 1794, he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch, succeeding Neophytus VII of Constantinople.
During his patriarchy, Gerasimus III regulated many ecclesiastic issues. One of which was setting an age requirement in the ordainment of clerics in 1795, prohibiting the ordainment of deacon under 25 years old and presbyter under 30 years old.
On 19 April 1797, he resigned and retired to Tarabiye, where he died a while later.
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Ecumenical Patriarch in 1794–1797
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Gerasimus III of Constantinople was born in 1710 in Cyprus eyalet.
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Gerasimus III of Constantinople died in 1800 in Tarabya.
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Gerasimus III of Constantinople was an eastern Orthodox priest and ecumenical Patriarch.
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Gerasimus III of Constantinople was Turkish.
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