Anthimus IV ( el, Ἄνθιμος Δ'), (1785 – 1878) was twice

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople ( Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of ...

, between 1840 and 1841, and between 1848 and 1852. He was born in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

and served as Chancellor of the Ecumenical Patriarchate before being elected Metropolitan of

Ikonion Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

(Konya) between 1825 and 1835, Larissa between 1835 and 1837, and Nikomedeia between 1837 and 1840. He was elected Ecumenical Patriarch in 1840, however was dismissed by Ottoman Sultan

Abdülmecid I Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the r ...

in 1842 and withdrew to the

Princes' Islands The Princes' Islands ( tr, Prens Adaları; the word "princes" is plural, because the name means "Islands of the Princes", el, Πριγκηπονήσια, ''Pringiponisia''), officially just Adalar ( en, Islands); alternatively the Princes' Arch ...

. He was elected again as Ecumenical Patriarch again in 1848. During his second term he held secret negotiations with the Church of Greece which had declared itself

autocephalous Autocephaly (; from el, αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern O ...

in 1833. In 1850 he issued a ''Patriarchal and Synodical Act'' declaring the autocephaly of the Church of Greece in accordance with

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. In 1852 he was dismissed again and withdrew to the Princes' Islands where he remained until his death in 1878.

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Ecumenical Patriarchate''Anthimos IV''
1878 deaths Bishops of Larissa 19th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople 1785 births {{Ottoman-bio-stub