Paisius I of Constantinople (; died 1688) was a two-time

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(July 1652 – April 1653 and March 1654 – March 1655). He was previously Bishop of Ephesus and

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Life

Paisius was born at the turn of the seventeenth century but the exact date of his birth is not known. He was from the Greek island of

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. In a time of great turbulence, he was not particularly distinguished. After his second deposition, he established residence on the island of Halki, having received ''eis zoarkeian'' (that is, without pastoral obligations) the Metropolis of Ephesus and

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. The date and place of his death is not known, but he likely died at Halki in the late seventeenth century.

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* {{Authority control Bishops of Ephesus Bishops of Larissa 17th-century Greek clergy 17th-century ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople People from Lesbos