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Wikipedia: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches within the communion of Orthodox Christianity. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, who has the status of "first among equals" among the world's Orthodox bishops. According to tradition, it has its roots in the preaching of the Apostle Andrew in Constantinople in AD 38.
![[Contemporary map of the Ecumenical Patriarchate juridictions in Turkey and Greece]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Patrik-Rum.jpg "Contemporary map of the Ecumenical Patriarchate juridictions in Turkey and Greece")
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![[The Parekklesion of the Pammakaristos Church]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pammakaristos_Church_Istanbul_s.jpg "The Parekklesion of the Pammakaristos Church")
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![[Patriarch Gennadios with Mehmet II]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gennadios_s.jpg "Patriarch Gennadios with Mehmet II")
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![[The current Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bartolomew_I_s.jpg "The current Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I.")
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![[The exterior of the Patriarchal Basilica of St]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stgeorgeistanbul3_s.jpg "The exterior of the Patriarchal Basilica of St")
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