Nicholas J. Moutafakis

Photios I of Constantinople (; also spelled Photius; Greek: Φώτιος, romanized: Phōtios; c. 815 – 6 February 893) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as 'Saint Photius the Great'. Photios I is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential church leader of Constantinople subsequent to John Chrysostom's archbishopric around the turn of the fifth century. He is also viewed as the most important int…