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	CIN - St. Tarasius, Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
		The legates of the pope and the oriental patriarchs being arrived, as also the bishops under their jurisdiction, the council was opened on the 1st of August in the Church of the Apostles, at Constantinople, in 786.
		The patriarch, with good reason, judging the whole to be only an artful contrivance to impose upon him, answered that he was too well convinced that his passion for Theodota was at the bottom of all his complaints against the empress.
		Tarasius persisting in his refusal to marry him to Theodota, the ceremony was performed by Joseph, treasurer of the church of Constantinople.
	www.cin.org /saints/tarasius.html (2064 words)

	Saint Tarasius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Tarasius (mid-8th century-February 25, 806) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 784 until his death in 806.
		He was also chief secretary of Empress Irene II, who instigated Tarasius' election to the patriarchy, even though he was a layman at the time.
		As a part of his policy of improving relations with the church in Rome, he persuaded Empress Irene to convoke, together with Pope Adrian I, what came to be known as the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, over which he presided.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriarch_Tarasius (177 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Tarasius
		It may be that before his death the patriarch had recommended Tarasius as his successor in the patriarchate to the Empress Irene who was regent for her son Constantine VI (780-797).
		In his reply the pope expressed his disapproval of the elevation of Tarasius directly from the laity to the dignity of a bishop contrary to canonical regulation, but allowed clemency to rule in view of the orthodoxy of the new patriarch's views, and recognized him as patriarch.
		Tarasius positively refused to perform the second marriage and expressed his displeasure at the conduct of the priest Joseph who had married the emperor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14451b.htm (714 words)

	Lives of the Saints
		Saint Tarasius was born in Constantinople, in the family of the affluent and notable courtiers George and Eucratia, who brought up their son in the fear of God and provided him with a good education.
		In 783, when Patriarch Paul of Constantinople died and the question of his successor arose, in the entire city of Constantinople there was not a worthier candidate to be found than the senator Tarasius, who was directly elected to the position of patriarch.
		However, due to his fervor for Orthodoxy, Saint Tarasius agreed to the election only on condition that an ecumenical council would convened, in order to suppress the raging tempest of the heresy of iconoclasm, which was creating a rift in the Orthodox Church at that time.
	www.holy-transfiguration.org /library_en/saints_taras.html (520 words)

	Articles - Second Council of Nicaea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although the veneration of icons had been finally abolished by the energetic measures of Constantine V, whose iconoclastic tendencies were shared by his son, Leo IV, after the latter's early death, his widow Irene, as regent for her son, began its restoration, moved thereto by personal inclination and political considerations.
		When, in 784, the imperial secretary Patriarch Tarasius was appointed successor to the Patriarch Paul IV, he accepted on the condition that intercommunion with the other churches should be reestablished; that is, that the images should be restored.
		Careful maintenance of the ordinances of the earlier councils, knowledge of the scriptures on the part of the clergy, and care for Christian conduct are required, and the desire for a renewal of ecclesiastical life is awakened.
	www.landize.com /articles/Second_Council_of_Nicaea (540 words)

	George Syncellus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The syncellus served as the patriarch's private secretary, was generally a bishop, and was the most important ecclesiastical person in the capital after the patriarch himself, and often the patriarch's successor.
		However George did not succeed Tarasius, and he retired to a monastery where he wrote his "Extract of Chronography" (Ekloge chronographias), which covered events of the world from Adam to the beginning of Diocletian's reign.
		Anastasius, the Papal Librarian, composed a Historia tripartita in Latin, from the chronicles of Syncellus, Theophanes, and Patriarch Nicephorus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Syncellus (467 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tarasius was born at Constantinople in the middle of the eighth century, of a noble family.
		Tarasius was chosen, by the unanimous consent of the court, clergy and people to succeed to the Patriarch of Constantinople.
		The life of the holy Patriarch Tarasius was a model of perfection for his clergy and people.
	www.infocatholic.com /viewSaint.aspx?SID=760 (365 words)

	OXFORD HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
		The patriarchate of Constantinople 1204-1261: the Latins in occupation.
		Tarasius' letters sent to the three eastern patriarchs never got through to their recipients and the most that the couriers achieved was a meeting with certain eastern monks.
		The Patriarch Nicephorus was induced to reverse the reinstatement of the priest Joseph (812)
	www.holytrinitymission.org /books/english/orthodox_church_byzantine_empire_j_hussey.htm (17052 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Nicephorus
		Upon the death of Patriarch Tarasius (25 February, 806), there was great division among the clergy and higher court officials as to the choice of his February, 806); there was great division among the clergy and higher court officials as to the choice of his successor.
		The direct elevation of a Iayman to the patriarchate, as had already happened in the case of Tarasius, aroused opposition in the ecclesiastical party among the clergy and monks.
		The opponents of the patriarch were condemned, the Archbishop of Thessalonica was deposed, the Abbots Plato and Theodore with their monks were banished to neighbouring islands and cast into various prisons.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11050a.htm (2087 words)

	Prologue: hagiographies of the saints
		By Paul's counsel, Tarasius, a senator and royal advisor, was chosen as patriarch in the year 783 A.D. He was quickly elevated through the ecclesiastical ranks and became patriarch.
		Tarasius was very charitable toward orphans and the poor, creating for them shelters and distributed food to them.
		When Emperor Constantine banished Maria, his lawful wife and took a kinswoman and lived with her, and sought a blessing for marriage from the patriarch, Tarasius not only refused him a blessing, but first counseled him, after that reproached him, and finally forbid him to receive Holy Communion.
	www.mpc.org.mk /English/Calendar/prologue.asp?id=1165 (261 words)

	The Catholic Encyclopedia - Second Council of Nicaea
		The acts represent as constantly at the head of the ecclesiastical members the two Roman legates, the archpriest Peter and the abbot Peter; after them come Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople, and then two Oriental monks and priests, John and Thomas, representatives of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem.
		On 26 September, the second session was held, during which the pope's letters to the empress and the Patriarch Tarasius were read.
		Tarasius declared himself in full agreement with the doctrine set forth in these letters.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Catholic_Encyclopedia/11045a.htm (1437 words)

	St. Irene Chrysovalantou l Calendar l Theophilactos Bishop of Nicodemea
		Under the supervision of the new Patriarch the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787) was convened to condemn the Iconoclast heresy.
		But the iconoclast emperor was not able to influence St. Nicephorus (June 2), the successor of Patriarch Tarasius, who with the other bishops vainly urged Leo not to destroy the peace of the Church.
		Theophilactos was present at the negotiations of the emperor with the Patriarch.
	www.stirene.org /Archives/March/0308-StTheophilactos.htm (474 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Church -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Patriarch of Constantinople) Patriarch of Constantinople currently enjoys the honorary title of "First Among Equals"; which simply means that in council, he occupies the position of president in what is otherwise a democratic organization.
		The (An independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia) Russian Orthodox Church sent missionaries to Alaska beginning in the 18th century.
		The reasons for this are complex; nevertheless the Ecumenical Patriarch and the other jurisdictions remain in (The act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist) communion with TOCA.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/eastern_orthodox_church.htm (8642 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Irene (Wife of Leo IV)
		When the much-respected Patriarch Paul fell ill in 784 and retired to a monastery, he was supposed to have advised the summoning of an ecumenical council to terminate iconoclasm: the official version of his retirement describes him as repenting of his service under an iconoclast emperor.
		Hadrian objected to a layman being elected to the patriarchate, but his sympathies were solidly iconophile and he sent representatives to the scheduled council, which met in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople on 1 August 786, with Irene and Constantine watching from the gallery.
		404; P.J. Alexander, The Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople.
	www.roman-emperors.org /irene.htm (9864 words)

	Serbian Orthodox Church - St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople
		His predecessor, Patriarch Paul, secretly left the patriarchal throne, retired to a monastery and received the Great Habit.
		By Paul's advice, Tarasius, a senator and advisor to the Emperor, was chosen as Patriarch in 784.
		Tarasius was very compassionate to the poor and indigent, building them shelters and feeding them, but he was decisive with those in power in the defence of faith and morals.
	www.serbianorthodoxchurch.net /cgi-bin/saints.cgi?view=280801586667 (248 words)

	Today's Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The people, who had come to know Tarasius from his defense of venerating sacred images, wanted Tarasius to be their new Patriarch.
		Tarasius witnessed the death of Constantine, who was not fond of Tarasius because of his refusal to sanction the emperor’s divorce.
		Tarasius was a prayerful man who spent his episcopacy trying to reform his clergy and the people.
	www.stfrances.org /church_today/message.asp?message_id=2399&sec_id=4 (241 words)

	Lives of the Saints, February 25, Saint Tarasius
		This being agreed to, he was solemnly declared Patriarch, and consecrated soon afterwards, on Christmas Day.
		Afterwards synodal letters were sent to all the churches, and in particular to the Pope, who approved the council.
		After the Emperor repudiated his legitimate wife and, with the collaboration of a servile priest, married a servant whom he had crowned as Empress in her place, he used all his efforts to gain the Patriarch of Constantinople over to his desires.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/02-25.htm (470 words)

	Saint Tarasius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Catholic Encyclopedia - St. Tarasius, a layman who became Patriarch of Constantinople by acclamation, called for the Second Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, champion of Church unity and of the veneration of the holy ikons.
		For All the Saints - Hagiography of Tarasius of Constantinople.
		Tarasius, Saint - Patriarch of Constantinople, date of birth unknown; died 25 February, 806.
	www.supercrawler.com /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/People/Saints/T/Saint_Tarasius (97 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 25
		Tarasius objected, in part because he felt a priest should be chosen, but primarily because he could not in conscience accept the government of a see that had been cut off from Catholic communion.
		The patriarch, convinced that Constantine was trying to hoodwink him, responded that although Mary's crime was horrid, his second marriage during her lifetime would still be contrary to the law of God.
		Tarasius did not think it was prudent to excommunicate the emperor who might restore iconoclasm in a resultant rage.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0225.htm (4510 words)

	Milton V. Anastos - 16. The Patriarch Photius and his disputes with Rome
		It should be noted, however, that the Roman aspirations along these lines eventually came to nothing primarily because of papal intolerance of the Î’ulgarian passion for ecclesiastical autonomy, which, among other things, found expression in the demand for the use of the native language in the liturgy, instead of Latin.
		Î’ut while Photius was still Patriarch, the Constantinopolitan Synod of 879-80 repudiated the anti-Photian Synod of 869-70, and received the sanction and approval of Pope John VIII in 880, who concurred in the annulment and cÎ¿ndemnation of the anti-Photian decrees of his predecessors, Nicholas Î and Hadrian ÎÎ.
		Papadopulos-Kerameus, "The Patriarch Photius as a holy father of the Orthodox Catholic Church" (in Greek), Î’Î—, 8 (1899), 646-71.
	www.myriobiblos.gr /texts/english/milton1_16.html (2164 words)

	HTC: Lenten Synaxarion: The Triumph of Orthodoxy Sunday
		At the direction of the holy Patriarch Tarasius they assembled the Seventh Council, and the holy icons were once more accepted by Christ’s Church.
		Now Patriarch Methodius, while the prayers and petitions were being offered for him, had taken a new parchment scroll and written the names of all the heretical emperors, including Theophilus, placing it under the holy altar table.
		Upon hearing this, the empress rejoiced greatly and requested the Patriarch to assemble all the people with the holy icons and crosses in the great church, so that might be adorned with the holy icons and God’s new miracle could be known by all.
	www.holy-trinity.org /liturgics/synaxarion/5-orthodoxysunday.html (1300 words)

	St. Nicephorus (Nicephore), Feast March 13, and June 2 Patriarch of Constantinople, 806-815, b. circa 758; d. 2 June, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Upon the death of Patriarch Tarasius, there was great division among the clergy and higher court officials as to the choice of his successor.
		On 2 October, 811, with the assent of the patriarch, Michael Rhangabe, brother-in-law of Stauracius, was raised to the throne.
		Moreover, the patriarch now sent the customary written notification of his induction into office (Synodica) to the pope.
	www.reu.org /public/saints/Nicephor.htm (2040 words)

	Nicaea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the eighth and last session, which was held at the request of Constantine and Irene in the Magnaura palace in Constantinople, the definition was again decreed and proclaimed and 22 canons were read out.
		The papal legates presided over the council and were the first to sign the acts; but in reality it was Patriarch Tarasius who presided, and it was he, at the command of the council, who informed Pope Hadrian I about it: "the occasion when the letters of your fraternal holiness were
		Emperor Constantine VI and his mother Irene signed the acts of the council but it is unclear whether or not they promulgated a decree on the matter.
	www.homemadetravel.com /html/nicaea.htm (4486 words)

	Nicene/Post-Nicene, Series II, Volume 38, Part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was presided over by Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
		At it were represented Rome, and the Eastern Patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, as well as other bishoprics, for a total of 350 bishops.
		But henceforth we advise your most merciful and imperial majesty, that he be by no means called Universal in your writings, because it appears to be contrary to the institutions of the holy Canons and the decrees of the traditions of the holy Fathers.
	papacyuncovered.homestead.com /files/Historical_Writings/NPN_S2/n_p-n_s2_v38_3.htm (1221 words)

	The Prologue from Ohrid: June 2 從奧赫里德的序言︰6 月 2 日
		The monastery was quickly filled with monks and he governed it but was not willing to receive the monastic tonsure under the pretext that he was not worthy, even though, in all things he served as a model to all.
		When Patriarch Tarasius died, Nicephorus was elected patriarch against his will.
		When Leo was crowned, the patriarch sent him a book of the Orthodox Confession of Faith to sign (according to the custom of all Byzantine emperors which was considered an oath that they will uphold and defend the True Faith).
	www.prologue.orthodox.cn /June2.htm (1551 words)

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		However, there was no fraud on their part: they had been sent, not by the patriarchs, but by the monks and priests of superior rank acting
		, in the stead and place of the patriarchs who were prevented from acting for themselves.
		On 28, or 29, Sept., in the third session, some bishops who had retracted their errors were allowed to take their seats, after which various documents were read.
	www.ewtn.com /library/HOMELIBR/CENICAE2.TXT (1429 words)

	St. Irene Chrysovalantou l Calendar l Saint Michael Bishop of Synnada
		Saint Michael the Confessor From his youth he longed for the monastic life and was sent by Patriarch Tarasius (784-806) to a monastery on the coast of the Black Sea.
		Once, during a harvest, when the people were weakened by thirst, an empty metal vessel was filled with water by the prayer of the monks.
		Patriarch Tarasius consecrated St. Michael as bishop of the city of Synada.
	www.stirene.org /Archives/May/0523-StMichael.htm (383 words)

	The False Decretals of Isidore, Cornerstone of the Papacy
		The legates of the Pope and those of the Patriarchal churches of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, having gone to Constantinople, Nicea was appointed as the place of assembling the council.
		This most orthodox language clearly proves that at that time the he Pope of Rome was not regarded as the sole centre of unity, the source of Catholic authority; that unity and authority were only recognized in the unanimity of the sacerdotal body.
		That doctrine was compared with the teaching of the Fathers of the Church, in order to verify not only the present unanimity, but the perpetuity of the doctrine; and the question was also examined, whether the iconoclasts had on their side any true Catholic tradition.
	www.orthodoxinfo.com /inquirers/decretals.aspx (4157 words)

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