Patriarch Sophronius III of Constantinople
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Sophronius III served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1863 to 1866. He was elected Greek Patriarch of Alexandria on 30 May 1870. He served there as Sophronius IV until 1899. He established the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in 1888 in the city of Port Said
. His Alexandrian patriarchate was marked by the unfair expulsion of Nectarios of Aegina, who was later elevated to sainthood.
Port Said
Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787...
. His Alexandrian patriarchate was marked by the unfair expulsion of Nectarios of Aegina, who was later elevated to sainthood.