* Saint Cyril of Alexandria ( c. 376 – 444 ), Patriarch of Alexandria

* Greek Patriarch Cyril II of Alexandria reigned in 12th century

* Cyril Lucaris ( Patriarch Cyril I of Constantinople ), reigned for six terms between 1612 and 1638

* Patriarch Cyril III of Constantinople, patriarch in 1652 and 1654

* Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople, patriarch in 1748 – 1757

* Patriarch Cyril VII of Constantinople, patriarch in 1855 – 1860

Cyril of Alexandria ( c. 376 – 444 ) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444.

Cyril is well-known due to his dispute with Nestorius and his supporter Patriarch John of Antioch, whom Cyril excluded from the Council of Ephesus for arriving late.

Theophilus died on 15 October 412, and Cyril was made Pope or Patriarch of Alexandria on 18 October 412, against the party favouring Archdeacon Timothy.

Pope Cyril IV established very friendly relations with other denominations, to the extent that when the Greek Patriarch in Egypt had to absent himself for a long period of time outside the country, he left his Church under the guidance of the Coptic Patriarch.

In 1959, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted its first own Patriarch by Pope Cyril VI.

In 1959, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria crowned Abuna Basilios as the first Patriarch of Ethiopia.

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria | Pope Cyril VI, the 116th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria | Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist ( 1959 – 1971 ).

Nestorius was especially criticized by Cyril, Pope ( Patriarch ) of Alexandria, who argued that Nestorius ' teachings undermined the unity of Christ's divine and human natures at the Incarnation.

* August 2 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch ( d. 1971 )

* Cyril of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, theologian

* March 9 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch ( b. 1902 )

* Cyril I ( 1572 – 1638 ), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, held position in 1612, 1620 – 1623, 1623 – 1633, 1633 – 1634, 1634 – 1635, 1637 – 1638

* June 27 – Patriarch Cyril of Constantinople is deposed for high treason and strangled and thrown into the sea by Janissaries on Ottoman Sultan Murad IV's command.

* Cyril of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.

* 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.

* Patriarch Alexius II ( 1990-2008 ), late former Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia

* Cosmas II Atticus ( 12th century ), Patriarch of Constantinople

In particular, the term refers to a strict monophysite sect that separated itself, in the end of the 5th century, from the rule of Peter Mongus, Patriarch of Alexandria, and remained " without king or bishop " until they were reconciled by Mark II ( 799-819 ).

The now-deceased Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch Alexius II | Alexius II, consecrating a Russian Orthodox diocesan bishop.

* Patriarch Constantine II of Constantinople

Over the last 30 years, however, the miaphysite position has been accepted as a mere restatement of orthodox belief by Patriarch Bartholomew I of the Eastern Orthodox Church and by Pope John Paul II of the Roman Catholic Church.

However, the Emperor Theodosius II and the Patriarch of Alexandria, Dioscorus, rejected this decision ostensibly because Eutyches had repented and confessed his orthodoxy.

Meetings between Pope John Paul II and the Assyrian Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV led to a common Christological declaration on 11 November 1994 that " the humanity to which the Blessed Virgin Mary gave birth always was that of the Son of God himself ".

* 1929 – Alexy II of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia ( d. 2008 )

Patriarch Alexius II | Alexius II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, together with other bishops, conferring the Holy Order of bishop upon a Russian Orthodox Hieromonk | priest-monk ( hieromonk ).

In 1993, Patriarch Alexis II visited Kodiak to venerate the relics of Saint Herman.

* 1216 – Theodore II Eirenikos, Patriarch of Constantinople

* Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople ( c. 1530 – 1595 ), Greek religious leader

Lequien cites twenty-nine bishops from the fourth to the 18th centuries ; the most famous is Jermias II, who occupied the Patriarch of the West until 733, when the Emperor Leo III the Isaurian annexed it to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Nestorius took his Antiochene leanings with him when he was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II in 428.

* 1923 – Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem, Greek Patriarch ( d. 2000 )

He certainly corresponded with Elias III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and possibly sent a mission to India in honour of Saint Thomas the Apostle, whose tomb was believed to lie in that country.

* Amalric of Nesle, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1158 to 1180

The hostility to Agnes, it must be admitted, may be exaggerated by the chronicler William of Tyre, whom she prevented from becoming Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem decades later, as well as from William's continuators like Ernoul, who hints at a slight on her moral character: " car telle n ' est que roine doie iestre di si haute cite comme de Jherusalem " (" there should not be such a queen for so holy a city as Jerusalem ").

Today it also serves as the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, while control of the building is shared between several Christian churches and secular entities in complicated arrangements essentially unchanged for centuries.

In addition the Byzantines, while releasing 5, 000 Muslim prisoners, made demands for the restoration of other churches destroyed by Al-Hakim and the re-establishment of a Patriarch in Jerusalem.

It is also used for other ceremonies on special occasions, such as the Holy Saturday ceremony of the Holy Fire celebrated by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.

East of this is a large iconostasis demarcating the Orthodox sanctuary before which is set the throne of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem on the south side facing the throne of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch on the north side.

They include the Heiliges Grab of Görlitz, constructed between 1481 and 1504, and the New Jerusalem Monastery in Moscow Oblast, constructed by Patriarch Nikon between 1656 to 1666.

This congress did not have representatives from the remaining Orthodox members of the original Pentarchy ( the Patriarchates of Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria ) or from the largest Orthodox church, the Russian Orthodox Church, then under persecution from the Bolsheviks, but only effective representation from the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Patriarch of Serbia.

The papal legate Daimbert of Pisa convinced Godfrey to hand over Jerusalem to him as Latin Patriarch, with the intention to set up a theocratic state directly under papal control.

The terms of the treaty were unacceptable to the Patriarch of Jerusalem Gerald of Lausanne, who placed the city under interdict.

In 1255, Pope Alexander IV made him Patriarch of Jerusalem.

Relinquishing his see to pursue his career in Rome, he was named titular Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1572.

The synod, chaired by controversial Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople, and called Pan-Orthodox by its defenders, did not have representatives from the remaining Orthodox members of the original Pentarchy ( the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria ) or from the largest Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, then under persecution from the Bolsheviks, but only effective representation from the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Serbian Patriarch.

Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem organised, and contributed to a collection which paid the ransoms for about 18, 000 of the poorer citizens, leaving another 15, 000 to be enslaved, Saladins brother al-Adil, " asked Saladin for a thousand of them for his own use and then released them on the spot.

This may apply to the supposed pilgrimage to Jerusalem where he was anointed as an archbishop by the Patriarch ).

* William II of Agen, 13th century Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem