Sophronius III served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1863 to 1866.[1] He was elected Greek Patriarch of Alexandria on 30 May 1870. He served there as Sophronius IV until 1899. He established the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in 1888 in the city of Port Said. His Alexandrian patriarchate was marked by the unfair expulsion of Nectarios of Aegina, who was later elevated to sainthood.[2]
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Preceded by Joachim II |
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Sophronius III 1863–1866 |
Succeeded by Gregory VI |
Preceded by Nicanor |
Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Sophronius IV 1870–1899 |
Succeeded by Photius |
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