ATHANASIUS III (1276-1316) 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.