Basil III of Constantinople

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Basil III of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In office13 July 1925 –
29 September 1929
PredecessorConstantine VI of Constantinople
SuccessorPhotius II of Constantinople
Personal details
BornVasileios Georgiadis
1846
Died29 September 1929 (aged 83)
DenominationEastern Orthodoxy


Basil III of Constantinople (Greek: Βασίλειος Γʹ; 1846 – 29 September 1929), born Vasileios Georgiadis (Βασίλειος Γεωργιάδης)[citation needed], was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[1] being elected on 13 July 1925, and serving until his death in 1929.[citation needed]

He studied theology and philology at the University of Athens, and obtained a PhD at the University of Munich.[citation needed]

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Vasilios of Anchialo, 1909

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