During such periods, nobody could become patriarch against the emperor’s will or remain so for long. Emperor Andronicus II (1260 - 1332) found it necessary to change patriarchs nine times.
सम्राट दुसरा अँड्रानकस (१२६० - १३३२) यांना नऊ वेळा धर्मगुरू बदलावे लागले.