Apostolic SuccessionOur Lord and God Jesus Christ blessed his Apostles and commanded them to go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that he commanded and acsended into heaven. Here is the lineage of apostolic succession from that blessing.
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Church in Byzantium Holy Apostle Andrew 37 Holy Apostle Stachys 38-54 Onisimus 54-68 Polycarp 68-70 Plutarch 70-86 Zedekiah 86-95 Diogenes 95-110 Eleutherios 110-127 Felix 127-137 Athenodoros 137-141 Efzois 141-157 Alypius 157-171 Pertinax 171-192 Olympianos 192-203 Mark the 1st 203-216 Cyrillianus 216-232 Castinus 232-240 Titus 240-276 Dometius 276-301 Probus 301-313
Here Start the Patriarchs of Constantinople St. Metrophanes 315-325 1st Ecumenical Council St. Alexander 325-340 St. Paul 340-350 Macedonius 351-360 Condemned Eudoxius 360-370 Arian Evagrius 370 Exiled Demophilus 370-380 Arian St. Gregory the Theologian 381 Revived Orthodox and the line of lawful hierarchs Nectarius 381-397 2nd Ecumenical Council St. John Chrysostom 398-404 Arsacius 404-405 Atticus 406-425 Sisinius 426-427 Nestorius 428-431 Condemned at the 3rd Ecumenical Council St. Maximian 431-434 St. Proclus 434-447 St. Flavian 447-449 Killed at Robber Council St. Anatolius 449-458 St. Gennadios 458-471 Acacius 471-489 Fravitas 489-490 Euphemius 490-496 Macedonius II 496-511 Timothy I 511-518 John II the Cappadocian 518-520 Epiphanius 520-535 Anthimos 535-536 St. Menas 536-552 St. Eutychius 552-565 John III the Scholastic 565-577 St. Eutychius 577-582 5th Ecumenical Council St. John the Faster 582-595 Cyriacus 595-606 St. Thomas I 607-610 Sergius I 610-638 Monothelite Pyrrhos 639-641 Monothelite Paul II 641-654 Monothelite Pyrrhos 654-655 Monothelite Peter 655-666 Thomas II 667-669 St. John V 669-674 |  |
Constantine I 674-676 St. Theodore I 676-678 St. George I 678-683 6th Ecumenical Council St. Theodore I 683-686 Paul III 686-693 St. Callinicus 693-705 Cyrus 705-712 John VI 712-715 St. Germanos 715-730 Anastasius 730-753 Iconoclast Constantine II 754-766 Iconoclast Nikitas I 767-780 Iconoclast St. Paul IV 780-784 St. Tarasius 784-806 7th Ecumenical Council St. Nicephorus 806-815 Theodotos I Kassiteras 815-821 Iconoclast Antonius I 821-832 John VII 832-842 St. Methodius 842-846 The Triumph of Orthodoxy St. Ignatius 846-857 St. Photius 857-867 St. Ignatius 867-877 St. Photius 877-886 The 1st Baptism of Russia/Beginning of Rome's falling Away St. Stephanos I 886-893 St. Antonius II Kauleas 893-895 Nicholas I 895-906 Euphemius 906-911 Nicholas I 911-925 Stephanos II 925-928 St. Tryphon 928-931 Theophylact 933-956 Polyeuktos 956-970 Basil I Skamandrinos 970-974 Antonius III the Studite 974-979 Nicholas II Chrysovergis 983-996
Baptism of Russia 988 St. Michael I 988-991 Leontius I 992-1007 John I 1008-1035 Theopemptus 1050 Cyril I 1051-1054 St. Hilarion 1055 Ephraim 1067-1077 George II 1077-1089 John III 1089-1091 St. Ephraim II 1092-1097 Nicholas 1097-1102 Nicephorus 1103-1121 Nikita 1122-1126 Michael II 1129-1145 Clement Smolyatich 1147-1154 St. Constantine I 1155-1158 Theodore 1161-1163 John IV 1164-1166 Constantine II 1167-1177 Nicephorus II 1182-1198 Gabriel Dionysius around 1205 Matthew around 1209-1220 Cyril II 1224-1233 Joseph I around 1237 | |
Cyril III 1243-1281 Maxim 1283-1305 St. Peter 1308-1326 St. Theognostos 1328-1353 St. Alexis 1355-1378 St. Cyprian 1381-1383 St. Dionysius 1383-1385 St. Cyprian 1390-1406 St. Photius 1408-1434 Isidor 1437-1441 St. Johan 1448-1461 Theodosius 1461-1464 Philip 1464-1473 Gerontius 1473-1489 Zosima 1490-1494 Simon 1495-1511 Barlaam 1511-1521 Daniel 1522-1539 Joasaph 1539-1542 St. Macarius 1542-1563 Athanasius 1564-1566 St. Philip 1566-1568 Cyril 1568-1572 Anthony 1572-1581 Dionysius 1581-1586 Russias First Patriach; St. Job 1586-1605 Ignatius 1605-1606 St. Hermogenes 1606-1612 Met. Paphnutius 1612-1613 Met. Ephraim 1613 Philaret 1614-1633 Joasaph I 1634-1640 Joseph 1642-1652 Here begin the new reforms of Patriarch Nikon that Old-Believers do not accept 1652-1666 (Old-Rite left without Bishops from 1652 to 1846) Romanian Belokrinitsa Archdiocese Met. Ambrosia 1846-1849 Met. Kirill 1849-1873 Met. Afanasi 1874-1905 Met. Makari 1906-1921 Met. Nikodim 1924-1926 Met. Pavnuti 1929-1939 Met. Siluan 1939-1941 Met. Inoccent 1941-1942 Met. Tihon 1942-1968 Met. Ioasaf 1968-1985 Met. Timon 1985-1996 Met. Lionti 1996 is Current Metropolitan.
Russian Belokrinitsa Archdiocese Met. Ambrosia 1846-1849 Met. Kirill 1849-1873 Archbishop Antoni 1853-1881 Archbishop Savati 1882-1898 Archbishop Ioann 1898-1915 Archbishop Meleti 1915-1934 Archbishop Irinarh 1940-1952 Archbishop Flavian 1952-1960 Archbishop Iosif 1961-1970 Archbishop Nikodim 1971-1986 Met. Alimpi 1986-2003 Met. Andrian 2004 Met. Kornilli 2005 is Current Metropolitan |
