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   He stayed in Constantinople . He signed the Tome against Prochorus and Cydonus, followers of Barlaam and Akidyndinus, whom the Church condemned.

It is possible that he stayed on Mount Athos for great periods of time.

      John III, Patriarch of Constantinople invited him, directly following his elevation to the Patriarchal Throne of Alexandria, to participate in the general ecclesiastical issues. During his tenure, there was trouble in the wider boundaries of the Patriarchates of Alexandria and Jerusalem , especially regarding Mount Sinai .

He sought refuge in Constantinople , to save himself from the persecutions by the Arabs. He interfered in the issues of unity between the Churches, during the reign of Michael Palaiologos, whose successor. Andronikos II Palaiologos called a Synod in Constantinople , under the Chairmanship of Patriarch Athanasios, on the condemnation of the unity by the Synod of Lyon. The traumatic state of the Church of Constantinople and the danger from the Arabs, forced him to remain in the Monastery belonging to Sinai, in Crete , where he fell asleep.

   He stayed in Constantinople . He participated in the issue of Arsenios, Patriarch of Constantinople who was excommunicated by the Synod of 1266, though he did not accept the excommunication.

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 He maintained contacts with Pope Innocent III of Rome (1210-1243), who invited him to participate in the Lateran Synod (1215). Following the Siege of Damietta by the Crusaders, the Christians underwent the most terrible tortures by the Arabs in retaliation. Patriarch Nicholas waited in vain for help from Pope Honorius III of Rome (1216-1227). He fell asleep in deep poverty.

He posed 66 questions to Patriarch Theodoros Balsamon of Antioch (1186-1203). During his tenure as Patriarch the most appalling famine broke out in Egypt , due to the waters of the Nile not rising.

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  He attended the coronation of Emperor Manuel Komninos  (1143-1180).

He participated in the Synod in Constantinople , which censured the Nestorian expressions which were unfortunately used by Efstratios, Metropolitan of Nicaea during the writing up of the refutation  of the teaching of the Armenians. 

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 He was elected during the reign of Khalif Al Zaher, who was well-disposed towards the Christians.

 During his tenure as Patriarch the persecution of Christians By Al Hakim became even more fierce, and many of them became Islamists or sought refuge in other countries. During these years, Theophilos was living in Constantinople as he could not stay in Egypt . He intervened in the dispute between Emperor Vasilios Voulgaroktonos (975-1025) and Patriarch Sergios II of Constantinople (999-1019) on whether or not to enforce the law  of “solidarity”, and led the two to conciliation. From that time the Patriarch of Alexandria was given the title of “Judge of the Universe”, with the added privilege of wearing a second stole (Kritato).