Maximus V of Constantinople

His Holiness Maximus V (born Maximos Vapordzis, Greek: Μάξιμος Βαπορτζῆς) was the 266th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1946 to 1948.

He was born in Sinope of Pontus in 1897, where he began his primary education. He continued his studies at the Theological School of Halki under the protection of Metropolitan Germanos Karavaggelis of Amaseia. He was ordained into the diaconate in 1918 and appointed a teacher in the City School of Theira. He served as the Archdeacon of Metropolitans Gregorios of Chalcedon and Joachim of Ephesus, before becoming a deacon in the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1920. He then served in various positions on the Board of the Halki School, including secretary, codewriter, subsecretary, and archsecretary before being ordained a presbyter and archimandrite on January 1, 1928. He later became Metropolitan of Philadelphia in February 1930 before ascending to the Patriarchal throne in 1946.

Officially he resigned in 1948 due to poor health. Unofficially, he was forced to resign by western powers who didn't approve of his close ties with the Patriarch of Moscow, as the Cold War was beginning to take shape. Patriarch Maximus V was succeeded by Archbishop Athenagoras of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He died in Switzerland on January 1, 1972.

Succession box: Maximus V of Constantinople
Preceded by: ?	Metropolitan of Philadelphia 1930-1946	Succeeded by: ?
Preceded by: Benjamin I	Patriarch of Constantinople 1946-1948	Succeeded by: Athenagoras I

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External link

• Maximos V - Church of Constantinople website

Source

• Ecumenical Patriarchate

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