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Christian feast day: Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy)

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Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy) from August 30, null

Alexander of Constantinople

Bishop of Byzantium and the first bishop of Constantinople from 314 to 337

Alexander of Constantinople was bishop of Byzantium from 314 and the first bishop of Constantinople from 330. Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander to be legendary.
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Eastern Orthodoxy

Major branch of Christianity

Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream Eastern Orthodox…
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