Joachim III of Constantinople
Joachim III (Ιωακείμ Γ') | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Installed | 16 October 1878 7 June 1901 |
Term ended | 11 April 1884 26 November 1912 |
Predecessor | Joachim II Constantine V |
Successor | Joachim IV Germanus V |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 January 1834 |
Died | November 26, 1912 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | (aged 78)
Nationality | Aromanian |
Denomination | Greek Orthodox |
Joachim III the Magnificent (Greek: Ιωακείμ Γ' ο Μεγαλοπρεπής; 30 January 1834 – 26 November 1912) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1878 to 1884 and from 1901 to 1912.
Joachim was born in Istanbul in 1834, with Aromanian origin from Kruševo. He was educated in Vienna. In 1858-1861 he was the deacon in the holy temple of St George. In 1864 he was elected bishop of Varna and in 1874 bishop of Thessalonica In the time of his first reign, he worked on the improvement of the financial state of the Patriarchate. In 1880 he founded the magazine Truth and did various other charitable acts. He is seen as one of the most prominent and important patriarchs of the twentieth century and modern times.
Joachim repeatedly attempted to find a solution to the Bulgarian schism, to little avail. Patriarch Joachim was a Mason, a member of the «Πρόοδος» lodge. He was awarded the Serbian Order of the Cross of Takovo and the Austro-Hungarian Order of St. Stephen.
- 1834 births
- 1912 deaths
- People from Kruševo
- Aromanian people
- Aromanians of the Ottoman Empire
- Aromanian priests
- Ottoman Thessalonica
- Bishops of Thessaloniki
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Takovo
- 19th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
- 20th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
- Ottoman expatriates in Austria-Hungary
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Clergy from Istanbul
- Eastern Orthodox bishop stubs