Orthodox Church of Constantinople
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| Patriarchate of Constantinople | |
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| Founder | Apostle Andrew |
| Independence | Traditional |
| Recognition | Traditional |
| Primate | Patriarch Bartholomew I |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Territory | Constantinople, most of Turkey, Mount Athos, Crete, parts of Northern Greece, the Dodecanese |
| Possessions | United States, Canada, Great Britain, Western Europe, South America, Central America, Australia, Southeast Asia |
| Language | Greek |
| Population | 3,500,000 |
| Website | [Church of Constantinople] |
The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the fourteen or fifteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, who has the status of "first among equals" among the world's Orthodox bishops. It claims to have its roots in the first preachings of the apostle Andrew in Constantinople in AD 38.
The local Churches of the Ecumenical Patriarchate consist now of six archdioceses, eight churches, and 13 metropolises ("metropolis" is preferred use over "metropolitanate" within this particular Orthodox jurisdiction), each of which reports directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople with no intervening authority. In addition, three of the six archdioceses have internal metropolises (16 in all), which are part of their respective archdioceses rather than distinct administrative entities, unlike the other metropolises.
- Archdiocese of Constantinople
- *Metropolis of Chalcedon
- *Metropolis of Imbros and Tenedos
- *Metropolis of the Prince's Islands
- *Metropolis of Derkos
- Archdiocese of Crete
- *Metropolis of Rhodes
- *Metropolis of Kos
- *Metropolis of Karpathos and Kasos
- *Metropolis of Leros, Kalymnos and Astypalaia
- Archdiocese of America
- *Archdiocesan District (New York, New York)
- *Metropolis of Chicago
- *Metropolis of New Jersey
- *Metropolis of Atlanta
- *Metropolis of Denver
- *Metropolis of Pittsburgh
- *Metropolis of Boston
- *Metropolis of Detroit
- *Metropolis of San Francisco
- Archdiocese of Australia
- Archdiocese of Great Britain (includes Ireland and Malta)
- Archdiocese of Italy
- Metropolis of Korea
- Metropolis of Canada
- Metropolis of Argentina
- Metropolis of Central America
- Metropolis of New Zealand
- Metropolis of Hong Kong
- Metropolis of France
- Metropolis of Germany
- Metropolis of Austria
- Metropolis of Belgium
- Metropolis of Scandinavia
- Metropolis of Switzerland
- Metropolis of Spain and Portugal
- Archdiocese of Karelia and all Finland
- Estonian Orthodox Church (Metropolitan of Tallinn and all Estonia)
- American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Albanian Orthodox Diocese (USA)
- Russian Orthodox Exarchate of Western Europe
- Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America
External link
- [Official website] (Greek or English)
| Autocephalous and Autonomous Churches of Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Autocephalous Churches |
| Four Ancient Patriarchates: Constantinople | Alexandria | Antioch | Jerusalem Russia | Serbia | Romania | Bulgaria | Georgia | Cyprus | Greece | Poland | Albania | Czechia and Slovakia | OCA* |
| Autonomous Churches |
| Sinai | Finland | Estonia* | Japan* | China* | Ukraine* | Western Europe* | Bessarabia* | Moldova* | Ohrid* | (ROCOR) |
| The * designates a church whose autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized. |
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