Orthodox Church of Constantinople

The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the 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.

Related Topics:
Autocephalous - Eastern Orthodox - Ecumenical Patriarch - First among equals

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The local Churches of the Ecumenical Patriarchate consist 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.

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• 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
• 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
• Archdiocese of Italy the Italo-Greek Orthodox Church
• 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
• Church of Finland
• Church of Estonia
• American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
• Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
• Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western Europe
• Belorussian Orthodox Church in the world