6. WHOSE REALM, HIS BISHOP: ORTHODOX PATRIARCH’S FLOCK BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Journal: Gorgias Press eBooks
Year: 2022

The jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople over the Orthodox faithful extended beyond the borders of the Ottoman Empire, often resulting in serious problems, especially in dioceses situated in countries at conflict with the Sublime Porte, such as the Venetian Republic or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In such contexts, the control of Constantinopolitan patriarchs over the daily affairs of the local Orthodox churches could gave rise to suspicions against the latter, since they we