Maximus V of Constantinople
{{Short description|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1946 to 1948}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Maximus V of Constantinople
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| church = Church of Constantinople
| archbishop_of = Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
| term = 20 February 1946 –
19 October 1948
| predecessor = Benjamin I of Constantinople
| successor = Athenagoras I of Constantinople
| birth_name = Maximos Vaportzis
| birth_date = 26 October 1897
| birth_place = Sinop, Ottoman Empire
| death_date = 1 January 1972 (aged 74)
| death_place = Switzerland
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| religion = Eastern Orthodoxy
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Maximus V of Constantinople ({{langx|el|Μάξιμος Εʹ}}; 26 October 1897 – 1 January 1972) served as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1946 until his resignation in 1948.{{Cite web |title=Μάξιμος Εʹ |url=https://ec-patr.org/oikoymeniko-patriarxeio/istoria/diatelesantes-patriarxes/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=ec-patr.org |series=Κατάλογος Οικουμενικών Πατριαρχών [List of Ecumenical Patriarchs] |publisher=Office of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople |language=el}}
Biography
He was born Maximos Vaportzis in the Ottoman Empire, at Sinop in Kastamonu Vilayet, on the Black Sea coast. He was first educated, under the protection of metropolitan bishop Germanos Karavaggelis of Amaseia, at the Theological School of Halki, Ottoman Empire.
In 1918, he was ordained a deacon. With this appointment, he also became teacher at the city school of Theira. He served as arch-deacon under Metropolitans Gregorios of Chalcedon and Joachim of Ephesus. In 1920, he became the archdeacon to the Ecumenical Patriarchate itself.
In 1946, he became Patriarch of Constantinople. He was known for his "leftist opinions" and ties with the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. He resigned in 1948, officially because of poor health; unofficially because Western powers did not approve his ties with the Soviet-controlled Patriarch of Moscow. He was succeeded by the archbishop of America, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, and was given the title of Ephesus.
He died in Switzerland on 1 January 1972.
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| title = Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Category:Turkish people of Greek descent
Category:People from Sinop, Turkey
Category:People from Kastamonu vilayet
Category:20th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
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