Saint Jeremias I (Greek: Ἰερεμίας; died 13 January 1546) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople two times, from 1522 to 1524 and from 1525 to 1546.[1]
Saint Jeremias I | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
 | |
| Native name | Ιερεμίας Α΄ |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | 31 Dec 1522 – Apr/May 1524 24 Sept 1525 – 13 Jan 1546 |
| Predecessor | Theoleptus I Joannicius I |
| Successor | Joannicius I Dionysius II |
| Previous post(s) | Archbishop of Sofia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 13 January 1546 Vratsa |
| Denomination | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 13 January |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Title as Saint | Patriarch, Holy Hierarch |
| Canonized | 10 January 2023 Istanbul by Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
Life
editSt. Jeremias was a native of Zitsa in Epirus,[2] and was raised without instruction.[3] He became Archbishop of Sofia on or before 1513.[4] On the 31 December 1522 he became Patriarch of Constantinople.[5]
Shortly after his election, he travelled to Cyprus, Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. During his stay in Jerusalem, the clergy and the notables of Constantinople deposed him on April or May 1524, and elected in his place the Metropolitan of Sozopolis, Joannicius I. Jeremias reacted and together with the Patriarchs of Alexandria and Antioch whom he called to Jerusalem, he excommunicated Joannicius.[6] He was restored in Constantinople on 24 September 1525.[1]
In 1537 Jeremias obtained an order from the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to stop the conversion of churches into mosques in Constantinople, but this decision was not confirmed by Suleiman's successors.[7] Jeremias died on 13 January 1546 in the town of Vratsa, while travelling to Wallachia.
On 10 January 2023 (N.S.), the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, under the presidency of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, formally added Patriarch Jeremias I to the calendar of Saints of the Orthodox Church, with an annual commemoration of 13 January.[8]
Notes
edit- ^ a b Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press LLC. p. 38,46. ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ "Jeremias I". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ R. Janin (1956). "Constantinople, Patriarcat grec". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. Vol. 13. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. 677.
- ^ Тютюнджиев, Ив., Мутафова, Кр. История на българския народ през XV-XVII в. в таблици, схеми, карти, и тестове. Велико Търново, 1994, 38.
- ^ "Jérémie I". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. Vol. 28. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. 2003. 995. ISBN 2-7063-0210-0.
- ^ R. Aubert (2000). "Joannikios I". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. Vol. 27. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. 1378-9. ISBN 2-7063-0210-0.
- ^ Runciman, Steven (1985). The Great Church in captivity : a study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the eve of the Turkish conquest to the Greek War of Independence. Cambridge University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0.
- ^ "Announcement of the Work of the Holy and Sacred Synod". Ecumenical Patriarchate. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
Further reading
edit- Στρουμπάκης, Μιχαήλ (2005). Ιερεμίας Α' - Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (1522-1546) Ο Βίος και το Έργο του [Jeremias I - Patriarch of Constantinople (1522-1546) The Life and Work]. Athens: Phanárion. ISBN 960-8116-08-2. (in Greek)
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