Basil III of Constantinople
Basil III (; 1846, Skutari, Constantinople – September 29, 1929, Fatih, Istanbul), born Vasileios Georgiadis (Βασίλειος Γεωργιάδης), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from July 13, 1925 until his death in 1929. He studied theology and philology at the University of Athens, and obtained a PhD at the University of Munich. External links His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Basil III of Constantinople 1929 deaths Turkish people of Greek descent 1846 births People from Üsküdar Bishops of Nicaea 20th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople Clergy from Istanbul Constantinopolitan Greeks