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'''Dionysius IV Muselimes''' was the Patriarch of Constantinople for five periods from 1671 to 1673, 1676 to 1679, 1682 to 1684, 1686 to 1687, and 1693 to 1694. He was [[deposition|deposed]] at the end of each period he was [[patriarch]].
==Life==
Little is known Dionysius Komnenus came from an old aristocratic family of Constantinople. He was born before the early life mid-seventeenth century in Constantinople. He received an excellent education, that included studies at the Patriarchal Academy. Although still a layman, he was elected Metropolitan of DionysiusLarisa on [[August 9]], 1662. He lived during a period of frequent turnover in the position of [[patriarch]] as the Turkish Sultan and his administration took frequent advantage for financial payoffs from the competing factions among the Orthodox to have their man as patriarch.
He participated was first elected Patriarch of Constantinople in October 1671. He was removed from office following actions of the wife of the Great Dragoman, Panagiotis Nikousios, on [[SynodJuly 25]] of Jerusalem in 1672 that refuted , 1673, and was offered the ''Confession Diocese of Philippopolis, now Plovdiv, Bulgaria, [[eis zoarkeian]]. He was recalled as patriarch on [[October 24]], 1676, but removed again on [[Cyril LucarisAugust 2]]'', declared it a forgery1679, this time to Wallachia. It was during his second time as patriarch, in 1677, and reaffirmed that the Holy Spirit proceeds God the Father and not from both the Father and Son first Orthodox Church in London, England was established. On [[August 31]], 1683, Dionysius returned for the document called third time to the ''Confession of patriarchal throne. He was deposed on [[Dositheus II Notarius of Jerusalem|DositheusMarch 10]]'', 1684 and retired to Halki and possibly Adrianople before being offered the Diocese of Chalcedon in 1685.
During At his second point he was involved in a serious confrontation with Patriarch James, that became extremely fierce in the following years. Securing the support of the hierarchs, Dionysius overthrew James before he became patriarch for the fourth time as on [[April 7]], 1686. However, James retaliated by offering a large sum to the Grand Vizier and overthrew Dionysius on [[October 17]], 1687. After he had retired to Adrianople, Dionysius was persecuted, arrested, and made to pay ransom for his freedom. He then moved for Wallachia, where he enjoyed the hospitality of the prince Constantine Brâncoveanu. With Brâncoveanu's support, Dionysius became patriarchin 1693 for the fifth time, since James was no longer in 1677the patriarchal picture. Dionysius replaced Callinicus II of Akarnania. During his last term as patriarch he met with a negative attitude from among the Greek-Orthodox elite. His relations with the body of hierarchs was unstable with denunciations of maladministration. After seven months, he was permanently removed from the first Orthodox Church patriarchal throne and retired to Wallachia.  Dionysius died in LondonTîrgovişte of Wallachia on [[September 23]], England 1696 and was establishedburied in the yard of the Radulvoda Monastery. Patr ==Confession of Dositheus==He participated in the [[Synod]] of Jerusalem in 1672 that refuted the ''Confession of [[Cyril Lucaris]]''. Dionysius reposed The synod declared the confession a forgery, and reaffirmed that the Holy Spirit proceeds God the Father and not from both the Father and Son as recorded in Bucharestthe document called the ''Confession of [[Dositheus II Notarius of Jerusalem|Dositheus]]''.
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==Sources==
*[http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/forms/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaID=7793 Dionysios IV of Constantinople]
*[http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/forms/fLemma.aspx?lemmaId=7793 Dionysios IV of Constantinople]
*[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/164236/Dionysius-IV-Mouselimis Dionysius IV Mouselimis]
*[[Wikipedia: Ecumenical_Patriarch_Dionysius_IV_of_Constantinople]]
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