Alexandria on July 24–27, 1867, which condemned the interference of the Church of Constantinople, and also confirmed the legitimacy of the election of Nilus as heir and locum tenens of the Patriarchal Throne; archimandrite Eugene was defrocked. Although by the end of May 1868, Archimandrite Eugene, having lost all hope of achieving his goal, left Egypt, and on June 6 Patriarch Nicanor returned to his residence, the question of the successor of Patriarch Nicanor remained open. The Greek communities of Egypt refused to recognize Archimandrite Nilus. On March 16, 1869, Patriarch Nicanor of Alexandria, Metropolitan Amphilochius of Pilusia, Metropolitan Theophanes of Tripoli and Metropolitan Spyridon of Kirineya ordained Archimandrite Nilus as Metropolitan of Pentapolis. On March 19, 1869, Patriarch Nicanor officially handed over the reins of government to Nilus, appointing him the Patriarch of Alexandria. The Patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem hastened to recognize Metropolitan Nile as the "canonically and legitimately appointed Patriarch of Alexandria." The Egyptian authorities also did not initially prevent the approval of the Nile as the primate of the Church of Alexandria. On August 9, 1869, Nicanor sent a message to the first member of the All-Russian Synod, Metropolitan Isidore (Nikolsky), with a request to recognize the election of the Nilus and promote its approval by the Egyptian government. Having described in detail the previous events, the patriarch reported that the Great Church had again interfered in the internal affairs of the Church of Alexandria. This time, Patriarch Gregory VI of Constantinople refused to recognize the legitimacy of the election of Metropolitan Nilus not only to the patriarchal throne, but also the legitimacy of his episcopal consecration, referring to the fact that he, as a monk of the Mount Athos, was under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople and had, according to Constantinople, to obtain the permission of the Patriarch of Constantinople, which it was not given to him. On September 22, 1869, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople deprived Nilus of the dignity of a priest, leaving him the title of a monk. The firman prepared by the Egyptian authorities was not handed over to the Nilus. Almost the main participant in the intrigue, the patriarch also called the Russian Consul General Ivan de Lex, who acted independently of the Russian Ambassador in Constantinople and was unfriendly to both Patriarch Nicanor and his successor Nilus. The Synod of the Church of Greece