November 1702-1707 A.D. Gabriel III—Constantinople’s 212th;
Gabriel III of Constantinople
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Gabriel
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Appointed
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29 August 1702
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Term ended
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25 October 1707
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Personal details
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Born
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Died
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25 October 1707
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Metropolitan of Chalcedon
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Life
Gabriel was born in the town
of Smyrna (now İzmir) to parents coming from the island of Andros and in 1688 he became Metropolitan of Chalcedon.[1] He was elected Patriarch of Constantinople on 29
August 1702 and reigned till his death.[2] His reign had no particular troubles and was
serene.
In 1704 Gabriel formally
condemned the edition of the New Testament into Modern Greek translated by Seraphim of Mytilene and edited in London in 1703 by the English Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts.[3]:269On 5 March 1705 he issued an order forbidding the Greek students to study
in London due to improper behaviours.[4] In 1706 he issued a letter to condemning the Latin doctrines.[3]:257
He also intervened in the
affairs of the autonomous Church of Cyprus, deposing Germanos II of Cyprus after complaints
of the local population. The Melkite Metropolitan of Aleppo Athanasius
Dabbas was so elected in Istanbul as regent (proedros)Archbishop of Cyprus at end 1705. In February 1707, after Athanasius' return to Constantinople,
Gabriel censored as non-canonical the consecration of the new Archbishop Jacob
II, who nevertheless reigned until 1718.[5]
With regards to his birth-town
Smyrna, in 1706 he founded there a school where the scholar Adamantios Rysios
taught.[6]Gabriel died in Constantinople on 25 October 1707 and was buried at the
monastery of Kamariotissa on the island of Halki.[2]
Notes
1. Jump up^ Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press LLC.
p. 40,181. ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
2. ^ Jump up
to:a b Moustakas Konstantinos. "Gabriel III of Constantinople". Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor. Retrieved
24 June 2011.
3. ^ Jump up
to:a b Doll, Peter (2006). Anglicanism and Orthodoxy. Frankfurt Am Main: Lang.
p. 257,269,437. ISBN 978-3-03910-580-9.
4. Jump up^ Runciman, Steven (1985). The Great Church in captivity. Cambridge University Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0.
5. Jump up^ Hill, George (2010). A History of Cyprus, vol 4. City: Cambridge Univ Pr.
pp. 342–3. ISBN 978-1-108-02065-7.
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