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Metrophanes Kritopoulos (1589-1639) – The Macedonian who became Patriarch of Alexandria

Metrophanes Kritopoulos (1589-1639) – The Macedonian who became Patriarch of Alexandria

Mêtrophanês Kritopoulos, (Greek: Μητροφάνης Κριτόπουλος, ca. 1589–30 May 1639) was a Greek monk and theologian who served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1636 and 1639. Metrophanes Kritopoulos was a Greek born in Veria, Macedonia in 1589. Originally a monk on Mount Athos, he was a close associate of Cyril Lucaris. He studied at the University of Oxford in England and […]

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