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His All-Holiness '''Maximus V''' (1897-1948), the 267th [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] from 1946-1948, was born in Sinope of Pontus, where he first began his education. He continued his academics at the [[Halki|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 1 January 1928. He later became [[Metropolitan of Philadelphia]] in February of 1930 before ascending to the Patriarchal throne in 1946.