# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/i-eftim
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:31:58.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/i-eftim"
name: "I. Eftim"
slug: "i-eftim"
description: "Zeki Erenerol, born Pavlos Karahisaridis, papal name Eftim I, was a Turkish Eastern Orthodox cleric of Pontic origin, who was the first Patriarch of the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate that he founded. Eftim I was a Turkish nationalist and a friend of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He ruled as Patriarch from 1923 until 1962, when he resigned due to health problems. Keeping the title of honorary patriarch, he ordained his younger son as patriarch assuming the name Papa Eftim II."
tagline: "Patriarch of the Turkish Orthodox Church (1884–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B8%CF%8D%CE%BC_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
birthDate: "1884"
deathDate: "1968-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48
  momentum:             4.622950819672131
  historical:           6.84842
  currentAttention:     25.68306010928962
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Eftim"
    title: "I. Eftim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%81%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%DB%8C%DB%95%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%85"
    title: "پاپا ئەفتیمی یەکەم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eftim_I."
    title: "Eftim I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eftim_I."
    title: "Eftim I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B8%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Ευθύμιος Καραχισαρίδης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Eftim_I"
    title: "Papa Eftim I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Eft%C3%AEm_I"
    title: "Papa Eftîm I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%84%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BC_I"
    title: "Эфтим I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7132330"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump