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JOHN V the MERCIFUL (610-621)

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He came from Amathus in Cyprus . He became known as the benefactor of Alexandria , establishing many hospitals and homes for the poor. After Egypt had been conquered by the Persians he took refuge in his birthplace of Cyprus .

THEODOROS I (608-610)

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He endured a martyr’s death at the hands of his adversaries. His is honoured as a Saint of the Church.

EULOGIUS (581-608)

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A learned author of many homilies and theological and treatises. He convoked a Synod in Alexandria against the disputes of the Samaritans and the Judeans. He is honoured as a Saint of the Church.

JOHN IV (569-579)

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No details available.

APOLLINARIUS (551-569)

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He was Archbishop of Alexandria and Commander of the city b y order of the Emperor Justinian. His political peculiarity provoked a reaction by the fullness of the Church. He participated in the 5th Ecumenical Council.

ZOILOS (542-551)

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He signed the Resolutions of the Local Synod of Constantinople.

PAUL (537-542)

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He was judicially condemned, and was therefore deposed by the Synod of Gaza. He was reinstated to the Archbishop’s throne through Empirical mediation .

GAINAS (536-537)

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He was exiled to Sardinia following a Government Order, after a short tenure as Patriarch.

THEODOSIUS I (536)

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He was elected Archbishop but was rejected by the people and the monks as a Monophysite.

TIMOTHEOS IV (517-535)

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Emulating his predecessors he essentially continued the fight against the 4th Ecumenical Council. He sent missionaries to Arabia .

DIOSCORUS II THE YOUNGER (516-517)

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He maintained the attitude of his predecessors Petros III and Athanasius II towards the Monophysites and the Orthodox.

JOHN III OF NICAEA (505-516)

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He sought the unity of the two Churches, working particularly on behalf of Monphyticism.

JOHN II, THE MONK (496-505)

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He followed in the footsteps of his predecessors Petros III and Athansius II.

ATHANASIUS II, KELITIS (490-496)

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He maintained the same attitudes as his predecessor Petros III, towards the Monophysites and the Orthodox.

PETROS III, MONGOS (482-490)

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He was elected Archbishop with the support of the Emperor Zenon, promising that he would remain firm in the Orthodox faith, for conciliation of ecclesiastical quarrels. However, he proved to be untrustworthy both towards the Monophysites of Egypt by condemning the 4th ...

JOHN I, TALAIAS (482)

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Presbyter John was sent to Constantinople by the Christians of Alexandria, in order to ask the Emperor Zenon to allow them in the future the right to elect their Archbishop. The Emperor accepted this with the condition that he would not accept to become Bishop, in order that the ...

TIMOTHEOS III, SALOPHAKIOLUS (460-482)

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He was distanced from and returned to the Archbishop’s Throne of Alexandria twice, during the intense ecclesiastical clashes between the Orthodox and the Monophysites. He remained true to Orthodox teachings.

TIMOTHEOS II, AILUROS (457-460)

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He was elected Archbishop of Alexandria by some of the people, while the throne was already occupied by Proterius. Following the murder of Proterius (457) he remained as the only Archbishop until he was exiled by Emperor Leon I. Following the above-mentioned ...

PROTERIUS (451-457)

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He was made Archbishop of Alexandria through the intervention of Florus, Commander of the city, provoking the displeasure of some people, who, lead astray by the Monophysites, elected as Archbishop of Alexandria Timotheos Ailuros, who was later exiled by Emperor Leon I. Bloody encounters ...

DIOSCURUS (444-451)

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He embraced the erroneous beliefs of the heresiarch Eutyches and became a defender of Monophycitism . He was deposed by the 4th Ecumenical Council.