Metrophanes

Metrophanes () is a Greek masculine given name derived from 'mother' + , 'appear, shine'.

The name may refer to:

• Saint Metrophanes of Byzantium, bishop of Byzantium from 306 to 314
• Metrophanes of Smyrna, Christian bishop, Metropolitan of Smyrna, in the ninth century
• Patriarch Metrophanes II of Constantinople, reigned from 1440 to 1443
• Patriarch Metrophanes III of Constantinople, reigned from 1565 to 1572 and from 1579 to 1580
• Patriarch Metrophanes of Alexandria (Metrophanes Kritopoulos), reigned between 1636 and 1639
• Metrophanes, Chi Sung, 1855 – 1900, Chinese Orthodox priest and martyr

See also

• Mitrofan, Slavic equivalent