Basil III of Constantinople
Basil III of Constantinople  | |
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| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
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| Church | Church of Constantinople | 
| In office | 13 July 1925 – 29 September 1929  | 
| Predecessor | Constantine VI of Constantinople | 
| Successor | Photius II of Constantinople | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vasileios Georgiadis 1846  | 
| Died | 29 September 1929 (aged 83) Fatih, Constantinople, Turkey  | 
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy | 
Basil III of Constantinople (Greek: Βασίλειος Γʹ; 1846 – 29 September 1929), born Vasileios Georgiadis (Βασίλειος Γεωργιάδης), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[1] being elected on 13 July 1925, and serving until his death in 1929.
He studied theology and philology at the University of Athens, and obtained a PhD at the University of Munich.

Notes and references
- ^ The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917–1948 - From Decline to Resurrection. Routledge. 20 November 2014. ISBN 978-1-317-65776-7.
 
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