* 1886 – Athenagoras I, Greek religious leader, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ( d. 1972 )

* 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.

* Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Eastern Orthodoxy comprises those churches in communion with the Patriarchal Sees of the East, such as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Constantine's foundation gave prestige to the Bishop of Constantinople, who eventually came to be known as the Ecumenical Patriarch, a situation that contributed to the Great Schism that divided Western Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy from 1054 onwards.

* Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

This title is historically known as “ Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa on the Holy Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist ,” that is “ of Alexandria and of all Africa .” The title of “ Patriarch ” was first used around the time of the Third Ecumenical Council of Ephesus, convened in AD 431, and ratified at Chalcedon in AD 451.

At the Sixth Ecumenical Council Pope Honorius and Patriarch Sergius were declared heretics.

The Lutheran World Federation, in ecumenical dialogues with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has affirmed all of the first seven councils as ecumenical and authoritative.

Beginning with John the Faster, the Bishop of Constantinople ( John IV, 582-595 ) adopted as a formal title for himself the by-then-customary honorific, Ecumenical Patriarch (" pre-eminent father for the civilized world ") over the strong objections of Rome: a title based on the political prestige of Constantinople and its economic and cultural centrality in the Empire.

* 1940 – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

* Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

* 1948 – Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned.

* 1929 – Photios II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Although the description " servant of the servants of God " was also used by other Church leaders, including St. Augustine and St. Benedict, it was first used extensively as a papal title by Pope St. Gregory the Great, reportedly as a lesson in humility for Patriarch of Constantinople John the Faster, who had assumed the title " Ecumenical Patriarch ".

The 4 advisory opinions issued by the Court were in the Polish Postal Service in Danzig Question, the Expulsion of the Ecumenical Patriarch Question, the Treaty of Lausanne Question and the German Interests in Polish Upper Silesia Question.

Anastasios upheld the decisions of the Sixth Ecumenical Council and deposed the Monothelete Patriarch John VI of Constantinople, replacing him with the orthodox Patriarch Germanus in 715.

The canonization of Saint Stephen was recognized by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople in the year 2000.

* October 2, – Demetrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ( b. 1914 )

* Cyril I ( 1572 – 1638 ), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, held position in 1612, 1620 – 1623, 1623 – 1633, 1633 – 1634, 1634 – 1635, 1637 – 1638

* 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.

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* Ukrainian Orthodox Church < nowiki >*</ nowiki > ( autonomy recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church but not by the Ecumenical Patriarchate )

* Japanese Orthodox Church < nowiki >*</ nowiki > ( autonomy recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church but not by the Ecumenical Patriarchate )

* Chinese Orthodox Church < nowiki >*</ nowiki > ( virtually non-existent, autonomy recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church but not by the Ecumenical Patriarchate )

Derived from Greek oikoumenikos (), " ecumenical " means " worldwide " but generally is assumed to be limited to the Roman Empire in this context as in Augustus ' claim to be ruler of the oikoumene / world ; the earliest extant uses of the term for a council are Eusebius ' Life of Constantine 3. 6 around 338, which states "" ( he convoked an Ecumenical Council ); Athanasius ' Ad Afros Epistola Synodica in 369 ;< ref >

Most trinitarian Christian churches consider this an Ecumenical council.

Most Orthodox Christians accept the First seven Ecumenical Councils.

Most trinitarian Christian churches consider this an Ecumenical council.

* 1988: " Jury Prize ", " Most Popular Film " and " Prize of the Ecumenical Jury " at Montreal World Film Festival: Salaam Bombay!

Most Blessed, Most Divine, and Most Holy Father and Chief Pastor, Pope and Patriarch of the Great City of Alexandria, Libya, Pentapolis, Ethiopia, all Egypt, and all Africa ; Father of Fathers, Pastor of Pastors, Hierarch of Hierarchs, Thirteenth Apostle, Ecumenical Judge.

Most traditionalists view the Council as a valid, albeit problematic, Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, though most sedevacantists regard it as wholly invalid.

Most Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches, including the Romanian, maintain a respectful spiritual link to the Ecumenical Patriarch, currently Bartholomew I.

* Won Most Popular Film and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Montreal World Film Festival for Il Lungo Silenzio ( 1993 ).

The Divine Liturgy was held on November 19 inside St. Michael's Cathedral ( Saborna Crkva ), with His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch + Bartholomew presiding, while the funeral service was held outside of Cathedral of Saint Sava and he was laid to rest on 19 November, in Rakovica monastery.

Usual titles are Your Holiness for a patriarch ( with Your All-Holiness for the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ), Your Beatitude for an archbishop in charge of an autocephalous church, Your Eminence for an archbishop, Master or Your Grace for a bishop and Father for priests, deacons and monks though there are variations between the various Orthodox Churches.

His official title is " His All-Holiness the Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch ".

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is styled " His All-Holiness ", and so is, exceptionally, the Metropolitan Bishop of Thessaloniki.

In the Ecumenical Patriarchate, bishops of modern dioceses are often given a titular see alongside their modern one ( for example, the Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain ).

Under Boris I, Bulgarians became Christians, and the Ecumenical Patriarch agreed to allow an autonomous Bulgarian Archbishop at Pliska.

In the 6th century, the official title became that of " Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch.

Bartholomew I (, ) ( born 29 February 1940 ) is the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, and thus " first among equals " in the Eastern Orthodox Communion, since 2 November 1991.

Pope St. Gregory I ( pope from 590 to 604 ) was the first pope to use this title extensively to refer to himself as Pope, reportedly doing so as a lesson in humility for the Archbishop of Constantinople John the Faster, who adopted the title " Ecumenical Patriarch ": the humble title " Servant of the Servants of God " countervailed the other's claim of power and eminence against the Bishop of Rome ( the pope ).

The others were Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan of the African Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Catholic Diocese of the Americas, who according to one website was first consecrated a bishop on June 10, 1978, and subsequently reconsecrated in October 1979 and twice more in March 1987 ; Archbishop Patrick E. Trujillo of the Old Catholic Church in America and Archbishop Joseph J. Gouthro of Las Vegas, presiding bishop of the Catholic Apostolic Church International ( CACI ).

The doors of Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls were opened in an ecumenical ceremony on January 18, first day of the World Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury and a representative of the Ecumenical Patriarch.

* Archbishop Peter L ’ Huillier: Quinisext Ecumenical Council

* Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Macedonia requesting immediate release of Archbishop Jovan.

Image: Bartolomeo I. jpg | His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople ( born 1940 )

It was presided over by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, and was also attended by the Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II and the Archbishop of America Demetrios.

Five years after his ordination, Deacon Iakovos received an invitation to serve as Archdeacon to the late Archbishop Athenagoras, the Primate of North and South America, who later ( 1949 – 72 ) became Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

On February 14, 1959, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Iakovos as successor to Archbishop Michael, who died July 15, 1958, as primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

In addition to his duties as primate, Archbishop Iakovos was Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ; president of the board of education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America ; founder and chairman of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas ( SCOBA ); chairman of the Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation in the USA, and of the Bishops ' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs ; honorary board of the Advisory Council on Religious Rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, and of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

The funeral was attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, Metropolitan Christopher of Prague and Roman Catholic Cardinal Angelo Sodano.

" Condolences to the Serbian church, people and officials were sent by Russian Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens held memorial service, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Walter Kasper, Presidents and heads of Government of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Germany and France as well as leaders of countries that are territorially part of the Serbian Orthodox Church-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro ( President Filip Vujanović ).

Archbishop Paul C. Schulte served as the leader of the archdiocese from 1946 until 1970 and was called to Rome for the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council.

The Archbishop of Australia is the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, a jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox religion.