ΟΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΥΠΕΡ ΤΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ CONFESS FOR FAITH AND HOMELAND-FATHERLAND Portrait of Anthimos III Chorianopoulos from the time he was Metropolitan of Smyrna. A MOST EXALTED UNKNOWN SAINT OF THE CHURCH, CONFESSOR ANTHIMOS III, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE 1822–1824 HE WAS THREATENED, IMPRISONED TWICE, TORTURED, AND EXILED BY THE TURKS, WITH THE COLLUSION OF UNWORTHY FELLOW BISHOPS. NEVERTHELESS, HE DID NOT CONSENT TO LOWER THE BANNER OF THE ORTHODOX FAITH. A SACRED EXAMPLE TO THOSE OF TODAY WHO, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT SERIOUS REASON OR CAUSE, REJECT THE MOST HOLY ORTHODOXY, ADVOCATING, CAUSING TURMOIL, AND TEACHING OTHER BELIEFS!!! MAY THEY BE GRANTED TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE!!! AMEN. Article by Nikolaos Levogiannis Anthimos III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1822–1824) - Anthimos III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1822–1824), is a revered yet lesser-known figure in the Orthodox Church, recognized for his steadfast commitment to Orthodoxy during a turbulent pe...