{"slug": "greek-orthodox-patriarch-of-jerusalem", "label": "Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877458", "qid": "Q877458", "description": "primate of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Jerusalem", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [117, 966], "span_label": ["117 CE", "966 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "church-of-the-holy-sepulchre", "label": "Church of the Holy Sepulchre", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ctesiphon", "label": "Ctesiphon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "true-cross", "label": "True Cross", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shahrbaraz", "label": "Shahrbaraz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-building", "label": "Church (building)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nikephoros-ii-phokas", "label": "Nikephoros II Phokas", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 117, "year_label": "117 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "John I becomes the 7th Bishop of Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371187799#Religion", "title": "AD 117", "revid": 1371187799, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 394, "year_label": "394 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Epiphanius of Salamis attacks Origen's followers and urges John II, Bishop of Jerusalem, to condemn his writings.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369162073#Religion", "title": "394", "revid": 1369162073, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 560, "year_label": "560 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (d. 638)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354969984#Births", "title": "560", "revid": 1354969984, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Amos succeeds John IV as Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Religion", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "John IV, patriarch of Jerusalem (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Deaths", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 614, "year_label": "614 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem: A Persian–Judaean army (26,000 men) commanded by Shahrbaraz captures and sacks Jerusalem, after a 20-day siege against the Byzantine Empire. Somewhere between 57,000 and 66,500 citizens are slain; another 35,000 are enslaved, including the Patriarch Zacharias. Many churches in the city (including the \"Church of the Resurrection\" or Holy Sepulchre) are burned, and numerous relics, including the True Cross, the Holy Lance, and the Holy Sponge, are carried off to the Persian capital Ctesiphon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752346#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "614", "revid": 1364752346, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Sophronius becomes patriarch of Jerusalem. He sends synodical letters to Pope Honorius I and the Eastern patriarchs, explaining the Orthodox belief, by renouncing Monothelitism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Religion", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 637, "year_label": "637 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April – Siege of Jerusalem: The Rashidun army (20,000 men), led by 'Amr ibn al-'As, conquers Jerusalem after a six-month siege. The Byzantine garrison surrenders to Caliph Umar I, who is invited by Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem, to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Umar declines, fearing that accepting the invitation might endanger the church's status, and turn the Christian holy site into a mosque.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315736944#Arabian_Empire", "title": "637", "revid": 1315736944, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 966, "year_label": "966 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "John VII, patriarch of Jerusalem, is burned at the stake by a Muslim mob after writing to Emperor Nikephoros II, pleading him to intervene in Palestine and retake it from the Fatimid Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513206#Religion", "title": "966", "revid": 1341513206, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 966, "year_label": "966 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "John VII, patriarch of Jerusalem (Israel), martyred", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513206#Deaths", "title": "966", "revid": 1341513206, "section": "Deaths"}}]}