Before becoming a monk, Anthimus was a monk at the Esphigmenou monastery in Mount Athos. In 1845 he expanded the catholicon of the monastery, adding two chapels, a vestibule and a porch to it.

Preceded by

Meletius III
Germanus IV, restored
Gregory VI, restored

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

1845– - 1848
1853 - 1855
1871– - 1873

Succeeded by

Anthimus IV, restored
Cyril VII
Joachim II, restored

See also

List of Patriarchs of Constantinople

Greek Popes of the Roman Catholic Church Agatho | Anterus | Dionysius | Eleuterus | Hyginus | John VI | John VII Sixtus II | Telesphorus | Theodore I | Zacharias | Zosimus