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    The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, romanized: Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos...
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    it stems from Canon 28 of the Council of Chalcedon. The patriarch's see, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the most enduring institutions...
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    Turkish: Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the current Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title, he...
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    UOC-KP synod. In 2018, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople reinstated Filaret as a bishop and facilitated the convening of a unification council...
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    Moscow–Constantinople schism is an ongoing schism between the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate) and the Ecumenical Patriarchate...
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    the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and remained in the city until the reconquest of Constantinople by the Byzantines in 1261...
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    Church of Ukraine (OCU). Since the Unification Council on 15 December 2018 which formed the OCU, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has disputed...
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    until 1922. Since about 1600, it has been the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople whose leader is regarded as the primus inter pares (first...
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  • doctrine or theology. Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (independence in AD 330; elevated to the rank of autocephalous Patriarchate in 381; elevated...
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  • Autocephaly (category Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
    between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Historically, within the Patriarchate of Constantinople, adjective autocephalous...
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    Archon (category Positions of subnational authority)
    Companion to Classical Literature, ISBN 0-19-866121-5. Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Mitchell, John Malcolm (1911). "Archon" . In Chisholm, Hugh...
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  • This is a list of the ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople. 1. St. Andrew the Apostle (38 AD), founder 2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38–54 AD) 3. St....
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    1620–1685 and was annexed by the Moscow Patriarchate without approval of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The UAOC came to an end in December...
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  • of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Patriarchate of Moscow. The metropolis lay in the territory of the Cossack Hetmanate and of the...
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  • Patriarchate of Constantinople generally refers to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the seniormost authority in the Eastern Orthodox Church...
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    town of Vratsa, while travelling to Wallachia. On 10 January 2023 (N.S.), the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, under...
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    February 893), also spelled Photius (/ˈfoʊʃəs/), was the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in...
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    It was recognized as autocephalous in 1945 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has its origin in the flourishing...
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    nominally and spiritually under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Patriarchate retains certain privileges over and in them—for...
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  • the four ancient Greek Orthodox PatriarchatesEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), Patriarch of Antioch (now in Damascus, Syria)...
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    the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and ended on 16 May 1996 when the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate reached an agreement...
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    transferred from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Moscow Patriarchate as the Metropolis of Kiev. It is a matter of dispute as to whether...
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  • The Ecumenical Patriarchate in America comprises nine separate jurisdictions, along with a number of stavropegial institutions, and includes roughly two-thirds...
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  • remained in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople after the schism that followed the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Mark the Evangelist...
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  • The schism between the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Russian Orthodox Church occurred between approximately 1467 and 1560. This schism...
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    the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. There were 158 parishes in Estonia and 183 clerics in the Estonian church. There was also a Chair of Orthodoxy...
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  • theology, the title of archon may be given to a layperson who serves in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate are given this...
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    jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople by a unification council that convened in Kyiv on 15 December 2018, following which Ecumenical Patriarch...
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    Fener (category Culture of the Byzantine Empire)
    Patriarch of Constantinople, currently Bartholomew I of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Greeks in Turkey Greektown Phanar Greek Orthodox...
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    supporters in the clergy and laity were admitted to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. These parishes received a temporary exarchate status...
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