Anthimus VI of Constantinople (; born ''Ioannides''; 1782 – 18 October 1878) was the

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople, archbishop of Constantinople and (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox ...

for three periods from 1845 to 1848, from 1853 to 1855 and from 1871 to 1873. He was born in Kutali Island in the

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and died in Kandilli. Before becoming a Patriarch, Anthimus was a monk at the

Esphigmenou monastery The Sacred Patriarchal and Stauropegic Monastery Esphigmenou () is an Eastern Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Ascension of Christ in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It is built next to the sea at the northern part of the Athonite ...

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and became

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(1829), Prussa (1833) and

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(1837). In 1845, he expanded the

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of the monastery, adding two

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, a vestibule and a

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to it.

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1790 births 1877 deaths Bishops of Ephesus Eastern Orthodox Christians from Greece Metropolitans of Bursa 19th-century ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople People associated with Esphigmenou Monastery {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub