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name= Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople[[Image:Constantinople seal.gif|center|The Church of Constantinople]]|

website=[http://www.patriarchateec-patr.org/ Church of Constantinople]

== Structure The '''Church of Constantinople''' is one of the patriarchate ==*Archdiocese fourteen or fifteen [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches, also referred to as the '''Ecumenical [[Patriarchate]]'''. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, who has the status of Constantinople**Metropolis ''[[primus inter pares]]'' ("first among equals") among the world's Orthodox [[bishop]]s. The local churches of Chalcedon**Metropolis the Ecumenical Patriarchate consist of Gokceada five archdioceses, three churches, thirteen metropolises, and Bozcaada one diocese, each of which reports directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople with no intervening authority. In addition, three of the five archdioceses have internal metropolises (Imbros and Tenedos16 in all)**Metropolis , which are part of their respective archdioceses rather than distinct administrative entities, unlike the Prince's Islands**Metropolis of Derkosother metropolises. *Archdiocese of Crete*The current Ecumenical Patriarch is His All-Holiness [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of AmericaConstantinople|Archdiocese of AmericaBartholomew I]]**Metropolis , Archbishop of ChicagoConstantinople.**Metropolis of New Jersey**Metropolis ==Metropolitanates of AtlantaConstantinople==**Metropolis <small>''See Main Article'' '''[[Church of DenverConstantinople Structure]]'''</small>**Metropolis of Pittsburgh**Metropolis The [[Church of Boston**Metropolis Constantinople]] is headed by the [[Patriarch of Detroit**Metropolis Constantinople]] and is split into a number of San FranciscoMetropolitanates as listed below.*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of AustraliaImage:Byzantine-Constantinople.jpg|left|thumb|Archdiocese Map of AustraliaByzantine Constantinople.]]{| width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="2" border=0| align="left" valign="top"|*The '''[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Great BritainConstantinople]]'''*Metropolis *[[District of RhodesStavrodromion]]*Metropolis *[[District of KosTatavla]]*Metropolis *[[District of Karpathos and Kasosthe Bosphorous]]*Metropolis of Leros, Kalymnos and Astypalaia*[[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox DioceseDistrict of Hypsomatheia]]**[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in District of the Phanar and the USAKeratius gulf]] | align="left" valign="top"|*Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada'''Sacred Metropolitanates within Turkey:'''*Metropolis of Korea*[[Metropolis of CanadaChalcedon]]*Metropolis of Argentina*[[Metropolis of Central AmericaDerkoi]]*Metropolis of New Zealand*[[Orthodox Metropolitanate Metropolis of Hong Kong the Imbros and Southeast AsiaTenedos|Metropolitanate Metropolis of Hong KongGokceada and Bozcaada (Imbros and Tenedos)]]*Metropolis of France*[[Metropolis of Germanythe Prince Islands]]*Metropolis of Austria| align="left" valign="top"|*Metropolis of Belgium|}*Metropolis of Scandinavia*Metropolis == Places of SwitzerlandPilgrimage ==*Metropolis Some sites of Italy*[[Albanian Orthodox Diocese pilgrimage are no longer owned by the Church nor function as orthodox centres but are historically connected and of America]]*[[Russian Orthodox Exarchate in Western Europe]]great significance to Orthodoxy.

There is also one <gallery>Image:ChristChora.JPGImage:Christ03.JPG</gallery> == Peculiar prerogatives of the patriarchate ==''Main article: [[Prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate]]'' [[Image:Ecumenical Patriarchate.jpg|left|thumbnail|The entrance to the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the [[autonomousPhanar]] church whose primate is confirmed by in Constantinople]]In history and in [[canons (law)|canonical literature]] (i.e. the Church's canons and traditional commentaries on them), but the Ecumenical Patriarchate has been granted certain prerogatives (''[[presbeia]]'') which is other autocephalous Orthodox churches do not hierarchically have. Not all of these prerogatives are today universally acknowledged, though all do have precedents in history and canonical references. The nature of these prerogatives or administratively part even their very existence is hotly contested on [[Prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate#Canonical claims|canonical grounds]] by certain other Orthodox churches, particularly the [[Church of Russia]].<br>The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of these prerogatives and their reference points:*Equal prerogatives to Old Rome (Canon 3 of the [[Second Ecumenical Council]], Canon 28 of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]], Canon 36 of the [[Quinisext Council]])*The right to hear appeals, if invited, regarding disputes between clergy (Canons 9 and 17 of the Fourth Ecumenical Council)*The right to ordain bishops for areas outside defined [[canonical territory|canonical boundaries]] (Canon 28 of the Fourth Ecumenical Council)*The right to establish [[stavropegial]] [[monastery|monasteries]] even in the territories of other [[patriarchate]]s (the [[Epanagoge]], commentaries of [[Matthew Blastares]] and [[Theodore Balsamon]]) ==See also==*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|'''Hierarchical Succession''']]*[[Holy Synod of Constantinople|'''The Holy and Sacred Synod''']], ''The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is presided over by His All-Holiness [[Church Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of FinlandConstantinople|Bartholomew I]], Archbishop of Constantinople and is comprised of XX Metropolitans.''*[[Theological School of Halki|'''Theological Institutions''']]*[[Ecumenical Patriarchate in America]]*[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Mexico, Central America, Columbia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean Islands]]

== External links ==* [http://www.patriarchateec-patr.org /default.php?lang=en/ Official website of the Patriarchate of Constantinople]*[http://www.ecupatria.org Official website of the Permanent Representation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches] * [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypgdefault.aspx?eccpageIDID=13&IndexViewpagetypeID=toc 9&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1 Eastern Christian Churches: Patriarchate of Constantinople] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8148.asp The Origins and Authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church], by [[Demetrios Constantelos|Demetrios J. Constantelos]]*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/balsamon-cpl.html Caesaropapism?: Theodore Balsamon on the Powers of the Patriarch of Constantinople], by Paul Halsall*[http://www.svots.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=165&Itemid=116 Chalcedon Canon 28: Yesterday and Today], by Rev. [[John H. Erickson]]*[http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/milton1_6.html Constantinople and Rome: A Survey of the Relations between the Byzantine and the Roman Churches], by Milton V. Anastos*[http://www.ec-patr.gr/patrdisplay.php?lang=en&id=5 Brief Historical Note Regarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate], from the official website *Prof. Thomas Mathews. [http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/Byzantine/ The Byzantine Churches of Constantinople]. New York University (Institute of fine Arts).*[http://www.byzantium1200.com/ Byzantium 1200] (Byzantium 1200 is a project aimed at creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine Monuments located in Istanbul, TURKEY as of year 1200 AD). *[http://www.patriarchate.org/ecumenical_patriarchate/timeline.swf Timeline]*[http://www.patriarchate.org/media/vrtour_patriarchate.php Virtual tour]*[http://www.archons.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/ History]*[http://realserver.goarch.org/ram/en/lightstillbright.ram History - video]*[http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/ea_patriarch.aspx Articles Critical of Actions of Positions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate]*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/The_Legal_Status_of_the_Ecumenical_Patriarchate The Legal Status of the Ecumenical Patriarchate] by Jaakko Husa, Professor of Constitutional Law and General Jurisprudence at the University of Joensuu (Finland) / Ortodoksi.net