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Born Alexandria • Egypt
Died September 4, 454 • Çankırı • Turkey
Subjects Of Study Eutychians
Eutyches
Orthodox abbot
Saint Theophilus of Alexandria
Egyptian theologian
Anthimus I
Byzantine patriarch
Gregorios Akindynos
Byzantine monk
Flavian II Of Antioch
patriarch of Antioch
St. Gregory Palamas
Greek theologian
St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
Theodore Ascidas
Greek monk-theologian
Maximus The Greek
Greek Orthodox monk and scholar
Isidore Of Kiev
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Theophylact of Ochrid
Greek archbishop
Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Cyril Lucaris
patriarch of Constantinople
Gregory of Sinai
Greek Orthodox monk
Gennadios II Scholarios
patriarch of Constantinople
Jeremias II
patriarch of Constantinople
Markos Eugenikos
Greek theologian
Eugenius Bulgaris
Greek theologian
Michael Cerularius
patriarch of Constantinople
Theodorus Lector
Greek historian