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

His pupils included Basilios Bessarion and George Scholarius ( later to become Patriarch of Constantinople and Plethon's enemy ).

Basilios ( or Basilius ) Bessarion ( in Greek Βασίλειος Βησσαρίων ) ( January 2, 1403 – November 18, 1472 ), a Roman Catholic Cardinal Bishop and the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, was one of the illustrious Greek scholars who contributed to the great revival of letters in the 15th century.

This account contends that, upon the priest's death, Lij Iyasu's remains were moved to the crypt of St. Tekle Haimanot's Church at the monastery, and placed below the tomb prepared for Ethiopia's first Patriarch, Abuna Basilios.

However, the regular Army, led by Dejazmach Asrate Medhin Kassa and Chief of Staff, Major General Mared Mangesha, spent the following day gaining control of other military formations, as well as the Air Force ; later that day Patriarch Abuna Basilios of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, issued an anathema against all those who cooperated with the rebels.

The first Patriarch of Ethiopia was Abuna Basilios, who was consecrated 14 January 1951.

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.

The most recent Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark was Pope Shenouda III, who died on March 17, 2012, for whom a successor has not yet been chosen.

*** Patriarch Fravitta of Constantinople ( died 489 )

When Patriarch Amalric died on 6 October 1180, the two most obvious choices for his successor were William of Tyre and Heraclius of Caesarea.

During the lengthy siege, which lasted until 1191, Patriarch Heraclius, Queen Sibylla and her daughters, and many others died of disease.

In 806, the Patriarch Tarasios died, and Emperor Nikephoros I ( r. 802 – 811 ) set about seeking his replacement.

When Patriarch Amalric died on 6 October 1180, the two most obvious choices for his successor were William and Heraclius of Caesarea.

* Patriarch Job of Moscow ( died 1607 ), first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and a saint of the Orthodox Church

Sophronius had died before the release of the new doctrine, and his replacement as Patriarch of Jerusalem approved the modified formula.

Patriarch Sergius died by the end of 638, and his replacement Pyrrhus was also a devoted Monothelite and a close friend of Heraclius.

Romanos I planned to make his son Patriarch as soon as Nicholas Mystikos died in 925, but two minor patriarchates and a two-year vacancy passed before Theophylact was considered old enough to discharge his duties as patriarch ( still he was still only sixteen years old ).

There is also a record of an Elizabeth Aguirre of Petersfield, Hampshire ( died 1665 ), who was the second wife of Josias White ( 1573 – 1622 ) of Hornchurch, Essex, brother of John White the ' Patriarch of Dorchester ', and son of a John White of Stanton St John, Oxfordshire ( 1540 – before September 30, 1618 ), who afterwards married a Francis Drake ( 1573 – 1634 ) of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey – a first cousin once removed of Sir Francis Drake ( 1540 – 1596 ) the famous explorer.

* Arnulf of Chocques ( died 1118 ), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

However, after Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople died only two days later.

Epiphanius ( died June 5, 535 ) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from February 25, 520 to June 5, 535, succeeding John II Cappadocia.

As the pope, through the Patriarch of Constantinople, caused active measures to be taken against them, they fled to Italy, where their leader, Fra Liberatus, attempted a vindication of their rights, first with Boniface VIII ( d. 11 October 1303 ), and then with Benedict XI, who also died prematurely ( 7 July 1304 ).

* Carlo Nocella ( 1901 – 1903 ), died 1908, former Latin Patriarch of Antioch

John Maron (, Youhana Maroun ), died 707 was a Syriac monk, and the first Maronite Patriarch.

But when the Catholic Patriarch died in 1702, this very brief line of Catholic Patriarchs upon the Syriac Church's See of Antioch died out with him.

Saint Meletius of Antioch ( Μελέτιος ) ( died 381 ) was a Christian bishop, or Patriarch of Antioch, from 360 until his death.

Acacius ( died 489 ) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 471 to 489.

** Severus ( who died before Falvian ) was not Patriarch at any time and thus the Syriac Catholic and Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs are not the successors of the See, and

Pope Shenouda III, the 117th 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 ( 1971 – 2012 ).

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 ).

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

* Cyril ( 1901 – 1971 ), Patriarch of Bulgaria

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria also called Kyrillos VI, born Azer Youssef Atta ( 2 August 1902 – 9 March 1971 ), was the Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ( 10 May 1959-9 March 1971 ).

After the death of Patriarch Cyril in 1971, the Church elected in his place the Metropolitan of Lovech, Maxim, who is the current Bulgarian Patriarch.

Bachkovo Monastery is the final resting place of both Patriarch Euthymius ( 1330 – 1404 ) and Patriarch Cyril ( 1953 – 1971 ).

After the death of Patriarch Cyril in 1971, the Church elected in his place Maxim, the Metropolitan of Lovech, who is the current Bulgarian Patriarch.

In 1960 he was elected Metropolitan of Lovech on October 30, 1960, and during this time, despite the atmosphere of persecution under Todor Zhivkov, Maxim was able to win enough favour with the Politburo to be a certainty for election as Patriarch on July 4, 1971, after Patriarch Cyril died.

Patriarch Cyril () ( January 3, 1901-March 7, 1971 ), born Konstantin Markov (), was the first Patriarch of the restored Bulgarian Patriarchate.

Patriarch Pimen (, born Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov, Сергей Михайлович Извеков ; – May 3, 1990 ), was the 14th Patriarch of Moscow and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1971 to 1990.

After the death of Patriarch Alexius I metropolitan Pimen was elected the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia in 1971.

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.

Eudoxia's influence was strongly opposed by John Chrysostom, the Patriarch of Constantinople, who felt that she had used her family's wealth to gain control over the Emperor.

The language was later dubbed Enochian, due to Dee's assertion that the Biblical Patriarch Enoch had been the last human ( before Dee and Kelley ) to know the language.

Already a recognized theologian and ascetic, he was the obvious choice to replace Alexander as the Patriarch of Alexandria on the latter's death in 328, despite the opposition of the followers of Arius and Meletius of Lycopolis.

During this time, Gregory of Cappadocia was installed as the Patriarch of Alexandria, usurping the absent Athanasius.

When the day drew near of the departure of Saint Paul the First Hermit in the desert, Saint Anthony went to him and buried him, after clothing him in a tunic which was a present from St Athanasius the Apostolic, the 20th Patriarch of Alexandria.

The pope previously used the title Patriarch of the West, but this title was dropped from use in 2006 a move which caused some concern within the Orthodox Communion as, to them, it implied wider papal jurisdiction.

Before their departure, the ship of the commander Belisarius was anchored in front of the Imperial palace, and the Patriarch offered prayers for the success of the enterprise.

Nonetheless, due to the high regard in which Eutyches was held ( second only to the Patriarch of Constantinople in the East ), his teaching spread rapidly throughout the East.

This committee was headed by Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople, and was given five days to carefully study the matter ; Cyril's Twelve Chapters were to be used as the orthodox standard.

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

He was a central figure in the First Council of Ephesus in 431, which led to the deposition of Nestorius as Patriarch of Constantinople.

Another theological dispute in the 5th century occurred over the teachings of Nestorius, the Patriarch of Constantinople who taught that God the Word was not hypostatically joined with human nature, but rather dwelt in the man Jesus.

There was an opinion in the Church that viewed that perhaps the Council understood the Church of Alexandria correctly, but wanted to curtail the existing power of the Alexandrine Hierarch, especially after the events that happened several years before at Constantinople from Pope Theophilus of Alexandria towards Patriarch John Chrysostom and the unfortunate turnouts of the Second Council of Ephesus in AD 449, where Eutichus misled Pope Dioscorus and the Council in confessing the Orthodox Faith in writing and then renouncing it after the Council, which in turn, had upset Rome, especially that the Tome which was sent was not read during the Council sessions.

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

In 1998, the Eritrean Church gained its autocephelacy from the Coptic Orthodox Church when its first Patriarch was enthroned by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria.

The Coptic Orthodox Church refused to recognize the election and enthronement of Abuna Takla Haymanot on the grounds that the Synod of the Ethiopian Church had not removed Abuna Theophilos, and that the Ethiopian government had not publicly acknowledged his death, and he was thus still legitimate Patriarch of Ethiopia.

After the death of Abuna Takla Haymanot in 1988, Abune Merkorios who had close ties to the Derg ( Communist ) government was elected Patriarch of Ethiopia.

The newly elected Patriarch, Abune Paulos was officially recognized by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in 1992 as the legitimate Patriarch of Ethiopia.