Cyril II of Constantinople (; died June 1640) was three-time

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(1633, 1635–1636, 1638–1639). He was from Veroia, coming to

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in 1618. Cyril I's popularity among high clergy made leadership more difficult for Cyril II, who had to contend with their undermining of his authority. Though recognized as a true Patriarch, he made a Catholic profession of faith.Vasileios Tsakiris
The "Ecclesiarum Belgicarum Confessio" and the Attempted "Calvinisation" of the Orthodox Church under Patriarch Cyril Loukaris
'' The Journal of Ecclesiastical History'', Volume 63, Issue 3, July 2012, pp. 475–487, "To be sure, the ''Ecclesiarum Belgicarum Confessio'' was the symbol, so to speak, of the Protestant-Orthodox union. For, right after Cyril I's death, his pro-Catholic adversary, Cyril II, who replaced him on the ecumenical throne, sent to Rome, which had always supported him in his struggle against Cyril I, a Roman Catholic confession of faith. In addition he published the following decision of the (patriarchal) synod - Those who read the Book of the Βelgic Confession, which begins (as follows): "We believe ... all with urheart"; and the chapters bearing the name of Cyril, of which the first is: "We believe in the one true God", they are anathematised; and, in general, those not obeying all holy and ecumenical councils are anathematised."

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