Patriarchal theory is not always defined as a belief that all men always benefit from the oppression of all women.

A Patriarch's primary responsibility is to give Patriarchal Blessings to members in his stake.

The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria is headed by the Patriarch of Alexandria and the members are the Metropolitan Archbishops, Metropolitan Bishops, Diocesan Bishops, Patriarchal Exarchs, Missionary Bishops, Auxiliary Bishops, Suffragan Bishops, Assistant Bishops, Chorbishops and the Patriarchal Vicars for the Church of Alexandria.

The Patriarchal blessings also include personal information which is revealed through a patriarch by the power of the priesthood.

* April 10 – Ecumenical Patriarch Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is blamed by the Ottoman government for being unable to suppress Greek independence and is hung outside the main gate of the Patriarchal Cathedral immediately after the celebration of Easter.

The current Patriarch ( since 1991 ) is Bartholomew I who has become better-known than any of his predecessors in modern times as a result of his numerous pastoral and other visits to numerous countries in five continents and his setting up of a permanent bureau at the EU headquarters, in addition to enhancing the long-established Patriarchal Centre in Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland and also his ecological pursuits which have won him the epithet of " the Green Patriarch.

Patriarchal blessings are given to member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in which the tribe of Israel they come from, or are adopted into, is identified.

The Patriarchal priesthood which is sometimes confused as a separate priesthood is explained by Boyd K. Packer, Apostle of the LDS Church as: " The patriarchal order is not a third, separate priesthood.

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are referred to as the three patriarchs of the people of Israel, and the period during which they lived is termed the Patriarchal Age.

The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark ( officially known in Italian as the and commonly known as Saint Mark's Basilica ) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy.

The Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major ( or ) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Lisbon, Portugal.

In addition, a Patriarchal blessing is given by the laying on of hands of a Patriarch to a church member.

Immediately adjacent to Centrul Civic, just off Unirii Square, is Dealul Mitropoliei, with the Patriarchal Cathedral and Palace, seat of patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

:# Patriarchal blessing: This ordinance is usually performed only once for an individual.

Unlike the Melchizedek priesthood, which is modeled after the authority of Jesus and the Apostles, or the Patriarchal priesthood, which is modeled after the authority of Abraham, the Aaronic priesthood is modeled after the priesthood of Aaron the Levite, the first high priest of the Hebrews, and his descendents.

Whereas the Patriarch of Constantinople is now considered first among the Orthodox patriarchs, the Orthodox Church considers the Bishop of Rome ( regarded as the " Patriarch of the West ") the " first among equals " in the Pentarchy of the Patriarchal Sees according to the ancient, first millennial order ( or " taxis " in Greek ) of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem after Constantinople became the eastern capital of the Roman / Byzantine Empire.

: The 2nd Priesthood is Patriarchal authority.

The Patriarchal cross | Byzantine cross, on Risbyle Runestones # U 161 | U 161, a cross which is today the coat-of-arms of the local town Täby.

After returning to Istanbul in 1968, he took a position at the Patriarchal Theological Seminary of Halki, where he was ordained a priest in 1969, by Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I.

He brought it with him when he returned to his native town of Mtskheta, Georgia, where it is preserved to this day beneath a crypt in the Patriarchal Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.

Around 1371 Evtimiy returned to Bulgaria and founded the Holy Trinity Patriarchal Monastery near Tarnovo, where he grounded the Tarnovo Literary School.

Epifany joined the Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin, where he was appointed head of the Patriarchal school and charged with administrating the Printing Yard.

Thus, members of the LDS Church receive Patriarchal blessings which purport to declare the recipient's lineage within one of the tribes of Israel.

This myron may be added to as needed, usually at a ceremony held on Holy Thursday at one of the Patriarchal Cathedrals.

The title Pope was originally used in a capacity of an appellation rather than a title and eventually it became a title, but unlike the case of the Pope of Rome, the Pope of Alexandria had no distinction in his Papal or Pontifical titles on the one hand and his Patriarchal titles on the other.

The community includes two archdioceses in Iraq, four in Syria, one in Egypt and Sudan, a Patriarchal Vicariate in the Holy Land, a Patriarchal Vicariate in Turkey and the Diocese of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States and Canada.

She went on to become an editor at Faber and Faber, and, among many books, was responsible for commissioning Eva Figes to write Patriarchal Attitudes, one of the first books of British feminism.

The Russian Orthodox cross can be considered a modified version of the Patriarchal cross, having two smaller crossbeams, one at the top and one near the bottom, in addition to the longer crossbeam.

The basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and one of the five Patriarchal basilicas, each of which is assigned to a patriarchate.

Cardinal Ratzinger, in the 2005 Conclave, was assigned to a simple room even though he was the Cardinal Dean and one of the longest-serving in the College ; after he had been elected Pope, he was invited to transfer to the fancier Patriarchal Suite.

Abuna Paulos built a new Patriarchal office and residence complex at the site of the old one, and reformed the bureaucracy of the Patriarchate.

On April 12, 1925, one of the candidates, Metropolitan Peter of Krutitsy and Kolomna was elected as the Patriarchal Locum Tenens ( Местоблюститель Патриаршего Престола ).

The Chrysostom, which cost him £ 8000 and did not sell well, was the most considerable work of pure learning undertaken in England ( involving consulting French Chrysostomians and the despatching of young researchers to the Imperial Library in Vienna and the Patriarchal Library at Halki and other leading monasteries or collections ) in his time.

The correct pastoral care that should be extended to those who reside outside the region of the canonical jurisdiction of the Bishop of Alexandria, or for that matter, any other Throne that has set jurisdictional boundaries, would be in the form of Patriarchal delegates known as “ Patriarchal Exarchs ”.

* 10 Bishop Abbots for 9 Patriarchal Monasteries in Egypt and 1 Patriarchal Monastery in Australia ; while 1 Patriarchal Monastery in North America still awaiting the nomination of its Bishop Abbot.

* 1 Hegumen in the capacity of Grand Economos, Patriarchal Vicar for Alexandria.

* 1 Hegumen as Administrative Patriarchal Vicar for Cairo.

Most candidates for the priesthood are trained at St. Leo ’ s Patriarchal Seminary, in suburban Cairo.

Having failed to attract the majority of the faithful, the movement ceased to be useful for the Soviet regime and, consequently, both the “ Patriarchal ” Church and the Renovationists suffered fierce persecution at the hands of Soviet secret services: church buildings were closed down and often destroyed ; active clergy and laity were imprisoned and sometimes executed.

On 8 September 1943, Stalin met with three chief hierarchs of the “ Patriarchal ” Church and promised to make concessions to the Church and religion in general in exchange for its allegiance and support.

When, eventually, the Patriarchal Church had found ways for some rapprochement with the Soviet power, the raison-d ’ être for the schism ceased to exist and it went into decline.

In 1971 the Turkish government closed down the Halki Theological School which was founded in the 19th century on the grounds of the Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity, which had occupied the site for over a thousand years.

* Mor Polycarpus Augin ( Eugene ) Aydin ( 1971 — ), Metropolitan and Patriarchal Vicar for the Archdiocese of the Netherlands of the Syriac Orthodox Church

* Patriarchal society ; many view women as good for little except raising children.

The Synod is chaired by the Patriarch of Alexandria and the members are the Church's Metropolitans, Bishops, Chorbishops and the Patriarchal Vicar for Alexandria.

Stove and vessels for preparation of Chrism ( Patriarchal residence, Moscow Kremlin ).

On the same day, there was an announcement of the Patriarchal and the Assembly's Tomos for Autonomy of the Ohrid Archbishopric, with Archbishop Jovan as the Chairman of the Holy Synod of Bishops.

These include the Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jeruselem, which promotes religious, cultural, charitable and social works of concern to the Church ; the Global Melkite Association, a group which networks eparchies, monasteries, schools and Melkite associations ; and Friends of The Holy Land, a lay charitable organization active in the diaspora which provides clothing, medicine and liturgical items for churches and communities in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Syria.

Filaret's zeal for the purity of orthodoxy sometimes led him into excesses but he encouraged the publication of theological works, formed the nucleus of the subsequently famous Patriarchal Library, and commanded that every archbishop should establish a seminary for the clergy, himself setting the example.