Patriarch Benedict of Jerusalem , also Benediktos I of Jerusalem , born Vasileios Papadopoulos ( Ancient Greek : Βασίλειος Παπαδόπουλος , 1892 – December 10, 1980) was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem from 1957 to 1980.
15-529: Vasileios was born in 1892 in the village of Cesniero (Τσεσνειριω, modern Çeşnigir ) in Bursa , of the Metropolis of Nicomedia , in northwestern Anatolia . He went to Jerusalem in 1906 for his secondary education, graduating from the seminary there in 1914. On December 3, 1914, he took monastic vows being renamed Benedict, and on the following day he was ordained deacon by Metropolitan Keladion of Ptolemaida . After
30-737: A field in which he displayed marked aptitude. In 1950 he spoke as the representative of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem at the Geneva Assembly on the internationalization of the Holy City of Jerusalem. In March 1951 he was consecrated Archbishop of Tiberias in the Church of the Resurrection . On January 29, 1957, he was elected patriarch, succeeding Timotheos who had died over a year earlier. His enthronement took place on March 1, 1957. With his election
45-438: A number of second level municipalities ( ilçe municipality) were established. In 1986, four new metropolitan municipalities were established: Adana , Bursa , Gaziantep and Konya . Two years later the total number was increased to eight with the addition of Kayseri . In 1993, seven new metropolitan municipalities were established: Antalya , Diyarbakır , Erzurum , Eskişehir , Mersin , Kocaeli and Samsun . Following
60-407: A population in excess of 750,000 were declared metropolitan municipality and accordingly the number of metropolitan municipalities has sharply increased. The following 13 cities became metropolitan municipalities: With the addition of Ordu in 2013, the total number of the metropolitan municipalities increased to 30. (Dark blue: Those provinces before 2012, light blue those after 2012) Since
75-529: A two-month period in the patriarchal secretariat, he served during the war as deacon at Acre and then accompanied Patriarch Damianos during his exile to Damascus (1917–18). He returned for three further years to the patriarchal secretariat in Jerusalem from 1918 to 1921. From 1921 to 1925 he studied at the University of Athens , in 1925 graduating in law, economics, politics and theology. In 1927 he represented
90-563: Is listed as being a Mason according to the website of the Grand Lodge of Greece, of the lodge «Αδελφοποίησις». Bursa Province Bursa Province ( Turkish : Bursa ili ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia . It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to
105-557: The 81 provinces , 30 provinces are designated metropolitan municipalities ( Turkish : büyükşehir belediyeleri ). Metropolitan municipalities are subdivided into districts ( Turkish : ilçe ), where each district includes a corresponding district municipality, which is a second tier municipality. The first metropolitan municipalities were established in 1984. These were the three most populous cities in Turkey, namely; Istanbul , Ankara , and İzmir . In each metropolitan municipality
120-526: The earthquake of 1999, Sakarya was also declared a metropolitan municipality. Before 2004, only the urban centers with populations of more than 750,000 were declared metropolitan centers. However, in 2004, the concept of metropolitan municipality was redefined in Istanbul and Kocaeli, where thenceforth metropolitan municipality borders would overlap with provincial borders. In 2012, this was extended to other metropolitan municipalities. Thus, all provinces with
135-757: The Jordanian government approved a law establishing new regulations concerning relations between the Confraternity of the Holy Sepulchre (Brotherhood of the Sepulchre, Hagiotaphites Brotherhood) and the indigenous Arab community of the Orthodox Church. The rules gave the Arab laity a role in the financial affairs of the Patriarchate, and required that the candidates for the offices of the patriarchate be citizens of Jordan, but
150-751: The Ottoman conquest of Edirne , then known as Adrianople. Adrianople was the capital until 1453 , when Constantinople became the final Ottoman capital. Bursa mostly experiences a Mediterranean climate ( Csa and Csb ). Inner parts of the province are higher in elevation and show continental characteristics ( Dsb and Dsc ). Uludağ is the highest mountain in the province with 2,543 meters of elevation. 40°09′00″N 29°01′15″E / 40.15000°N 29.02083°E / 40.15000; 29.02083 Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey There are 81 provinces in Turkey ( Turkish : il ). Among
165-657: The Patriarchate of Jerusalem at the First World Conference on Faith and Order at Lausanne. In February 1929 he was put in charge of the Metochion of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens. In October of the same year he was ordained priest, then advanced to the rank of Archimandrite. Recalled to Jerusalem in 1946, he was elected a member of the Holy Synod, and given special responsibility for the patriarchate's legal and financial affairs,
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#1732875609607180-638: The changes were discontinued after negotiation between the Patriarchate and the Jordanians. Following his election, Benedict actively pursued a rehabilitation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . Starting in 1961, after undertaking a North American tour to raise funds, the structure was completely rehabilitated, including repair of the foundations and cisterns, and restoration of the interior and exterior walls. Thousand of stones were replaced including removal of old and injection of new mortar. Columns were replaced and new capitals were added. On December 10, 1980, as
195-583: The northeast and Yalova to the north. Its area is 10,813 km , and its population is 3,194,720 (2022). Its traffic code is 16. Almost all of Bursa Province (including the city of Bursa ) is in the Marmara Region , but the districts of Büyükorhan , Harmancık , Keles and Orhaneli are in the Aegean Region . The city of Bursa was the capital of the Ottoman State between 1326 and 1365, until
210-525: The rotunda dome was finished, further restoration of the church came to a halt with the death of Benedict. He died of a heart attack in Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital , where he was recovering from a stroke he had suffered 10 days earlier. The burial took place on December 14, 1980, at the Church of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives . A kindly and courteous man, traditionalist in his theology, Patriarch Benedict
225-469: Was critical of the ' ecumenist ' policies of Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople , and in his later years was more reserved over questions of Christian unity than any other Orthodox church leader. He was also a very educated man, being fluent in French, English and Arabic, in addition to his native Greek. For his services he was honoured with several high church and secular decorations. Patriarch Benedict I
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