Germanus V of Constantinople

Germanus V of Constantinople (Greek: Γερμανός; 6 December 1835 – 28 July 1920) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 10 February 1913 to 25 October 1918.

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Germanus V of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	10 February 1913 – 25 October 1918
Predecessor	Joachim III of Constantinople
Successor	Meletius IV of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	6 December 1835
Died	28 July 1920 (1920-07-29) (aged 84) Kadıköy
Buried	Kadıköy
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy

Germanus V is the author of an encyclical published in 1920 as a milestone for the ecumenical movement. He evokes the notion of a "fraternity of churches" to be created, a "blessed union" of the churches for which he invites different traditions to contribute by engaging in the joint study of the essential questions around the notion of meeting:

1. For the Patriarch, the promotion of contacts between the Churches is the first essential step that must be followed by "the abolition of all mutual mistrust and bitterness" so that "the love [is] revived and strengthened between the churches".

2. It then lists eleven basic points as a working proposal for future collaboration between the churches; Willem Visser 't Hooft, first secretary of the WCC, that the "With its 1920 encyclical, Constantinople rang the bell of our assembling".^[1]

Germanus V of Constantinople

Biography

1920 encyclical

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