Installed July 9, 1824 Diocese Constantinople | Place of burial Büyükada, Turkey Term ended 26 September 1826 | |
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Church Church of Constantinople See Ecumenical Patriarchate Birth name Chrysanthos Manoleas (Χρύσανθος Μανωλέας) Buried Monastery of Christ the Saviour, Prinkipos Denomination Eastern Orthodox Church Died 10 September 1834, Kayseri, Turkey Successor Agathangelus of Constantinople Predecessor Anthimus III of Constantinople | ||
Chrysanthos (Greek: Χρύσανθος), original surname Manoleas (Greek: Μανωλέας) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1824-1826.
He was a Slavophone Greek and was born on 25 February 1768 in the village now known as Kato Grammatiko. He descended from the Manoleas family, whose descendants still live today. He served as metropolitan bishop of Kaisaria, Veria and, from 1811, of Serres, position he held when he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople on 9 July 1824, after the deposition of his predecessor, Anthimus III.
He was a member of the Filiki Eteria. He was educated, but also arrogant, and he made many enemies. He was accused of having an affair with Evfimia, widow of the traitor Asimakis, and for this reason he was deposed by the Turks on 26 September 1826 and was exiled to Kayseri. He died on 10 September 1834 and was buried in the Monastery of Christ the Saviour in the island of Prinkipos, where he resided for the last years of his life.