Maximus V of Constantinople

Maximus V of Constantinople (Greek: Μάξιμος Εʹ; 26 October 1897 – 1 January 1972) served as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1946 until his resignation in 1948.^[1]

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Maximus V of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	20 February 1946 – 19 October 1948
Predecessor	Benjamin I of Constantinople
Successor	Athenagoras I of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	Maximos Vaportzis 26 October 1897 Sinop, Ottoman Empire
Died	1 January 1972 (aged 74) Switzerland
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy

He was born Maximos Vaportzis in the Ottoman Empire, at Sinop in Kastamonu Vilayet, on the Black Sea coast. He was first educated, under the protection of metropolitan bishop Germanos Karavaggelis of Amaseia, at the Theological School of Halki, Ottoman Empire.

In 1918, he was ordained a deacon. With this appointment, he also became teacher at the city school of Theira. He served as arch-deacon under Metropolitans Gregorios of Chalcedon and Joachim of Ephesus. In 1920, he became the archdeacon to the Ecumenical Patriarchate itself.

In 1946, he became Patriarch of Constantinople. He was known for his "leftist opinions" and ties with the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. He resigned in 1948, officially because of poor health; unofficially because Western powers did not approve his ties with the Soviet-controlled Patriarch of Moscow. He was succeeded by the archbishop of America, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, and was given the title of Ephesus.

He died in Switzerland on 1 January 1972.

Maximus V of Constantinople

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