Ecumenical Patriarchate o Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarchate o Constantinople (Greek: Οκουμενικν Πατριαρχεον Κωνσταντινουπλεω, Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, IPA: [ikumenikon patriarçion konstandinupoleos]; Laitin: Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus; Turkis: Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi, "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate") is ane o the fowerteen to saxteen autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that thegither compose the Eastren Orthodox Kirk. It is heidit bi the Ecumenical Patriarch o Constantinople, currently Bartholomew I, Archbishop o Constantinople. Acause o its historical location as the caipital o the umwhile Eastren Roman (Byzantine) Empire an its role as the Mither Kirk o maist modren Orthodox kirks, Constantinople hauds a special place o honor athin Orthodoxy an serves as the seat for the Ecumenical Patriarch, wha enjoys the status o primus inter pares (first amang equals) amang the warld's Eastren Orthodox prelates an is regardit as the representative an spiritual leader o the warld's 300 million Orthodox Christians. References Citations Leeteratur