Ecumenical Patriarchate o Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarchate o Constantinople (Greek: Οκουμενικν Πατριαρχεον Κωνσταντινουπλεω, Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, IPA: [ikumenikon patriarçion konstandinupoleos]; Laitin: Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus;^[2] Turkis: Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi,^[3][4] "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.

Ecumenical Patriarchate o Constantinople
Emblem o the Patriarchate o Constantinople (foond atap the front entrance o the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George)
Clessification	Eastren Orthodox
Orientaition	Greek Orthodoxy
Scriptur	Septuagint, New Testament
Theology	Palamism
Polity	Episcopal
Primate	Airchbishop o Constantinople-New Roum an Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Bishops	125 (73 actin, 52 titular)
Pairishes	525 in Unitit States,[1]
Monastics	~1,800 (Mt. Athos)
Monasteries	20 (U.S)[1] 32 (Mt. Athos), 8 (Australie), 6 (Meteora)
Leid	Greek, Inglis, Ukrainian, French, Korean, Turkis
Heidquarters	St. George's Cathedral, Istanbul 41°01′45″N 28°57′06″E
Foonder	Saunt Andra
Separations	several, see § Autocephalous churches formerly under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Members	~3,800,000 in Greece, ~1,500,000 in diaspora, =5,300,000 in total .
Offeecial wabsteid	ec-patr.org

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.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}