Ecumenical Patriarch
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| Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (O K) | |
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| Founder (s) | Saint Andre |
| Autocephaly / Autonomy declared | Traditional |
| Autocephaly / Autonomy recognized | Traditional |
| Current primate | Patriarch Bartholomew I |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Primary territory | Turkey, northern Greece, Crete |
| Territorial extension | Greek diaspora, countries not traditionally Orthodox |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Language (s) liturgical (s) | Koine |
| Musical tradition | Byzantine |
| Calendar | Gregorian / Julian revised |
| Estimated population | 3 500 000 |
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The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (in Greek : O K and is called by the Turks Patriarchate of Fener Orthodox Romans) was the first jurisdiction autocephalous of the Orthodox Church. This situation is related to the status of capital of the Roman Empire once enjoyed Constantinople. The city, now located in Turkey is called Istanbul. Patriarchy is a title and a presiding officer attached to a bishopric, the Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople. The Orthodox regard the Patriarch of Constantinople has an honorary pre-eminence over other autocephalous Orthodox churches , like the popes before the schism of 1054 according to their doctrine. Complete his title is Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, with residence at Fanar (Turkish: to Constantinople ( Istanbul ) in Turkey (current holder: His Holiness Bartholomew I Name The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is also known by other names: Unlike the other four patriarchal sees of Pentarchy ( Jerusalem , Rome , Antioch , Alexandria ) the siege of Constantinople is not apostolic, though the tradition that gives it a foundation by Andre. However, following the rebuilding of the city like New Rome by Constantine , the First Council of Constantinople in 381 , he acknowledges a "primacy of honor after the Bishop of Rome because Constantinople is New Rome." This decision is confirmed in canon 28 of Chalcedon in 451 , but even before that time, the Patriarchs of Constantinople took the draw from Ecumenical Patriarch, without specifying what that is precisely in terms of jurisdiction. The popes Leo I and Gregory I , for claiming jurisdiction over their head all the churches refused to endorse this use. Maintaining the eastern part of the Roman Empire that the Patriarch remained under the control of imperial power in a system of power sharing that could change with the times. But the charge of Caesaropapism , often made by Westerners, do not take into account the fact that no emperor of the East did not succeed in imposing on the Church any doctrinal decision, and it's not for lack of trying to do. Even more than the schism of 1054 , is the fall of Constantinople in the hands of first Crusaders in 1204 , followed by Turks in 1453 which considerably weakens the authority of the Patriarch. It can not prevent the erection of Moscow Patriarchate autocephalous in 1589 , and the trend becoming more pronounced national churches to autocephaly during the nineteenth century, its influence diminished. However, the sultans of the Ottoman Empire granted him one more authority over the Orthodox Christians of the Empire, under the system of Milliyet. In 1923 , with the Turkish Republic, the system being abolished Milliyet, this function completely ceased, and the Turkish authorities put up a Turkish Orthodox Church , non-canonical. Turkish territory, outside the Archbishopric of Constantinople and four cities Dercon (at Bykdere ), Chalcedon (in Kadikoy ), the Princes' Islands (Islas Kzl in Marmara Sea ) and the islands of Imbros and Tenedos (Gkceada and Bozcaada in the Aegean ), only the Turkish Orthodox Church is recognized by the authorities. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople under his obedience includes about 3.5 million followers of Greek origin for most . in Turkey : All of these courts in Turkey less than 10,000 faithful group. in Greece : All of these courts of Greece group about 3 million followers. in America : All these courts across the Atlantic group about 350,000 faithful. in Western Europe : All of these courts of Europe excluding Greece Group about 120,000 faithful. in Asia : in Oceania : All of these jurisdictions in Asia and Oceania Group about 50,000 faithful. Patriarch of Constantinople has a primacy of honor (first among equals) among the leaders of the Orthodox Churches. It is a kind of guarantor of the values of Orthodoxy. The Turkey as a state does not recognize the ecumenical nature of the Patriarchate. She also rejects the term of Constantinople to that of Istanbul. In 1922 the Turkish government supported the establishment of a Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate as leverage to force the resignation of an ecumenical patriarch considered too pro-Athenian, but this new institution has not broken and no longer has members today, apart from the extended family of its founder, a forty people. Improving the plight of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the challenges of the possible accession of Turkey to the European Union. History
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