Cyril Lucaris

Cyril I Lucaris
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In officeOctober 1612 (locum tenens)
4 November 1620 – 12 April 1623
22 September 1623 – 4 October 1633
11 October 1633 – 25 February 1634
April 1634 – March 1635
March 1637 – 20 June 1638
Previous post(s)Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Cyril III
Personal details
Born13 November 1572
Died27 June 1638 (Aged 65)
Bosporus
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)

Cyril Lucaris
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
Hieromartyr
Canonized6 October 2009, Patriarchal Church of Saint Savvas the Sanctified in Alexandria by Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
Major shrineMonastery of Panagia Kamariotissa, Halki
Feast27 June
AttributesEastern episcopal vestments, holding a Gospel Book or a crosier. He is depicted as having a big white beard.

Cyril Lucaris or Kyrillos Loukaris (Greek: Κύριλλος Λούκαρις; 13 November 1572 – 27 June 1638) was a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Candia, Crete (then under the Republic of Venice). He later became the Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Cyril III and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Cyril I. He has been said to have attempted a reform of the Eastern Orthodox Church along Calvinist Protestant lines.[1][2] Attempts to bring Calvinism into the Orthodox Church were rejected, and Cyril's actions, motivations, and specific viewpoints remain a matter of debate among scholars. Cyril is locally venerated as a hieromartyr in the Alexandrian Orthodox Church; the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria glorified Loukaris on 6 October 2009, and his memory is commemorated on 27 June.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kiminas was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Cyril Lucaris | patriarch of Constantinople | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ First Day of the deliberations of the holy synod of the Alexandrian patriarchate. Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. 6/10/2009.
  4. ^ "Άγιος Κύριλλος Λούκαρις Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως" [Saint Cyril Loukaris patriarch of Constantinople], Saints (in Greek), Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής, 27 June 2019.