Misplaced Pages

Anastasius II of Jerusalem was patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from an unknown date until 706 as the see of Jerusalem came under control of the nascent Muslim caliphate, and church life was disrupted by the Monothelite controversy.

The records for the Patriarchate of Jerusalem after the reign of Patriarch Sophronius are sparse and tempered by Muslim interventions. After the death of Sophronius in 638, Bishop Stephen of Dora served as a Patriarchal Vicar, assisted by John of Philadelphia (Amman). During the same period, the Muslims attempted to install the Monoenergist Bishop Sergius of Jaffa as the patriarch, but the Orthodox clergy, including Stephen of Dora (assisted by John of Philadelphia after 649), refused to recognise him.

To strengthen the position of the Orthodox, Stephen of Dora travelled to Pope Martin I in Rome, who on Stephen's recommendation assigned Bishop John of Philadelphia as Patriarchal Vicar for the Church of Jerusalem. Pope Martin also sent letters that announced his decision and asked that John be recognised. From this time on there are no records about the patriarchate until 705. During this period, it is only known that Anastasius had signed the decisions, probably as the patriarch, of the Quinisext Council of 692 in Constantinople during which the decision was made that the Jerusalem patriarchate occupied fifth position in the ranks of the patriarchates.

References

1. Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section
2. The History of the Church of Jerusalem.

Sources

v t e Bishops and Patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Bishops of Jerusalem (until 451)	James, brother of Jesus Simeon of Jerusalem Justus Zacchaeus Tobias Benjamin John I Matthias Philip Senecas Justus II Levis Ephram Joseph I Judas Marcus Cassianus Poplius Maximus I Julian I Gaius I Symmachus Gaius II Julian II Capion Maximus II Antoninus Valens Dolichianus Narcissus Dius Germanion Gordius Alexander Mazabanis Imeneus Zamudas Ermon Macarius Maximus III Cyril I John II Praulius Juvenal
Patriarchs of Jerusalem (from 451)	Juvenal Anastasius I Martyrius Sallustius Elias I John III Peter Macarius II Eustochius John IV Amos Isaac Zacharias Modestus Sophronius Anastasius II John V Theodore Elias II George Thomas I Basileus John VI Sergius I Solomon Theodosius Elias III Sergius II Leontius I Athanasius I Christodulus I Agathon John VII Christodulus II Thomas II Joseph II Orestes Theophilus I Nicephorus I Joannichius Sophronius II Euthemius Simeon II Savvas John VIII Nicolas John IX Nicephorus II Leontius II Dositheos I Marcus II Euthemius II Athanasius II Sophronius III Gregory I Thaddaeus Athanasius III Gregory II Lazarus Dorotheus I Theophilus II Theophanes I Joachim Theophanes II Athanasius IV Jacob II Abraham I Gregory III Marcus III Dorotheus II Germanus Sophronius IV Theophanes III Paiseus Nectarius I Dositheos II Chrysanthus Meletius Parthenius Ephram II Sophronius V Abraham II Procopius I Anthemus Polycarpus Athanasius V Cyril II Procopius II Hierotheus Nicodemus I Gerasimus I Damian I Timotheus I Benedict I Diodoros I Irenaios I Theophilus III
: in exile at Constantinople due to the Latin rule over Jerusalem

This article about a bishop of the Early Church is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 8th-century patriarchs of Jerusalem
• 7th-century patriarchs of Jerusalem
• Christians from the Umayyad Caliphate
• Palestine under the Umayyad Caliphate
• 8th-century people from the Umayyad Caliphate
• Early Church bishop stubs