Six months later, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras elevated Father Bartholomew to the office of Archimandrite in the Patriarchal Chapel of St. Andrew. 1. But unlike some other Orthodox churchmen, he has been a strong advocate of maintaining extended contacts with other churches. The Ecumenical Patriarchate is the highest see and holiest center of the Orthodox Christian Church throughout the world. His Eminence Archbishop Leo of Karelia and all Finland. Theosis - Theoria Avgoustinos of Germany, His Eminence Archbishop Irenaeus of On 3 December 2013, he received the Global Thinkers Forum 2013 Award for Excellence in Peace and Collaboration. Replies. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, was elected the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and ecumenical patriarch in October 1991. As a citizen of Turkey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's personal experience provides him a unique perspective on the continuing dialogue between the Christian and Islamic worlds. "A stunning achievement of scholarship "-Michael Burgess, author of The Eastern Orthodox Churches. On this visit he was received by the major political figures of the State of Israel, Ezer Weizman and Yitzhak Rabin as well as PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. Hesychasm - Icon The Holy Archdiocese does not exercise any administrative oversight or assignment authority over clergy that are not part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He received his doctorate in Canon Law having submitted his dissertation: "Concerning the Codification of the Sacred Canons and Canonical Regulations in the Orthodox Church". The convocation was convened byMarie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, and featured a concert in honor of the ecumenical patriarch, Creation: From Adam to Salvation, performed in Greek and English by the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir. The Orthodox Christian Faith proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the teachings of the Apostles, and the tradition and life of the living Church worldwide through worship, communion, witness, and service. Hypostasis - Ousia In October 2009, he received an honorary doctorate from Fordham University in the United States. Yesterday, Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the ceremony of the official signing of the Patriarchal and Synodal Act on the canonization of the saints, reports Romfea. of Korea, Most Reverend Metropolitan This was the third official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate by a pope (the first being by Paul VI in 1967, and the second by John Paul II in 1979). The Ecumenical Patriarchate is also known as the Patriarchate of Constantinople or the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople. Religion Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. He has established the first day of September as an occasion of an annual Message on the protection of creation, as well as establishing that same day as a day of prayer in the Ecumenical Patriarchate and throughout the Orthodox world. The ecumenical patriarch addressed an audience of Notre Dame students, faculty and staff, as well as hierarchs of the Orthodox Church and members of the delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, on the global challenges of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. The Ecumenical Patriarch / List of Ecumenical Patriarchs / Title Date Served Feast Day; BARTHOLOMEW, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch 1991-11 June: Dimitrios: 1972-1991: Athenagoras: 1948-1972: Maximos V: 1946-1948: Benjamin: 1936-1946: Photios II: 1929-1935: Basil III: 1925-1929: Constantine VI: 1924-1925: Gregory . Ecumenical Patriarch's Tweets. Tensions, Moves Toward Interfaith Saturday, June 18. Stavropegic Monastery of the In 381 the first Council of Constantinople recognized that the bishop of Constantinople, being now the New Rome, had rights equal to those of the bishop of Rome. Miaphysitism - Monophysitism Following his studies at Imvros and Constantinople, he enrolled at the renowned Theological School of Halki, graduating with high honors in 1961. the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991. Observance Today, Relations of the Orthodox Church Phone: (212) 570-3500Contact, Download VCFJoin our Mailing ListsDonate. According to a legend of the late 4th century, the bishopric of Byzantium was founded by St. Andrew, and his disciple Stachys became the . The concrete aim of this Encyclical was to promote the cause of Church unity by creating an organism called the League of the Churches of Christ, modelled after the League of Nations. [33] He has also been honoured with the Congressional Gold Medal,[34] the highest award which may be bestowed by the Legislative Branch of the United States government. During 1995 he visited His Beatitude the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Church and the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem. The archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, by far the largest of Constantinopolitan jurisdictions in the US, is considered the local primate and may convene a Holy Synod . (Germany), Very Reverend Sister Theoxeni, Abbess Churches, Overcoming estrangement: How [61], In 2012, he received the Four Freedom Award for the Freedom of Worship. It is an important but humbling lesson that the Church has learned during this time: Namely, that religion must function and serve in connection with and never in isolation from science, the ecumenical patriarch said. These primatial prerogatives grant the Patriarchate of Constantinople the jurisdiction over all Orthodox Christians who live in countries where there is not a canonical, autonomous or autocephalous, Orthodox jurisdiction. it is Proclaimed, The Sacrament of Marriage and its Specific information of this kind is very hard to find. Phone: 212-570-3550. Thus, today the Patriarchate, among other dialogical initiatives, leads the theological dialogues in progress with the Ancient Oriental Churches, the Church of Rome, the Churches of the Anglican Communion, the Churches of the World Lutheran Federation, the Reformed Churches, as well as with the monotheistic Religions of Judaism and Islam. During his visit to Istanbul, Ukraine's Zelenskyy met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on 8 July 2023. He cosponsored the Peace and Tolerance Conference in Istanbul in 1994 bringing together Christians, Muslims and Jews. Check out daily briefings from the Council! You have been courageous in your call for unity among Christians, for eternal respect among all women and men and a shared commitment to the common good. [40] In December 2018, he visited the Korean DMZ and prayed for permanent peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula. All They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [1] Patriarchs in the Latin Church The patriarchates in the lower table are in the Latin Church; whose bearers have the title of patriarch for various historical reasons, but who lack a particular church sui iuris . Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, was elected the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and ecumenical patriarch in October 1991. Oct 26, 2021 US & World By Mark Zimmermann At left, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory greets Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at center during the Orthodox spiritual leader's Oct. 25, 2021 visit to Georgetown University's Copley Crypt Chapel. patriarch, Latin Patriarcha, Greek Patriarchs, title used for some Old Testament leaders (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's 12 sons) and, in some Christian churches, a title given to bishops of important sees. Moreover, the Ecumenical Patriarchate performs an intense activity within the framework of the recent ecological-environmental movement through the promotion of noteworthy Pan-Orthodox and ecumenical initiatives aiming at sensitizing its own faithful, and the world as well, on this important issue. It was followed by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1864, the Bulgarian Exarchate in 1872, and the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1879, thus reducing the territorial extent of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's jurisdiction. He is a living witness to the world of Orthodoxy's painful and redemptive struggle for religious freedom and the innate dignity of mankind. He was the fourth and last child and as a boy helped his father in his coffee shop that also doubled as a barber's. Christianization of Bulgaria [41][42], In October 2018 the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate agreed to grant autocephaly (independence) to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, to reestablish a stauropegion of the ecumenical patriarch in Kyiv, to revoke the legal binding of the letter of 1686 which led to the Russian Orthodox Church establishing jurisdiction over the Ukrainian Church, and to lift the excommunications which affected clergy and faithful of two then unrecognized Orthodox churches in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP). of Ierapolis, head of the Ukrainian of San Francisco, His Eminence Metropolitan Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church. After the capture of Constantinople by the Latins in the Fourth Crusade (1204), the ecumenical patriarchate was transferred to Nicaea (1206), but Emperor Michael VIII Paleologus restored it to Constantinople when he retook the city in 1261. As citizens we do everything. [22][23], Dimitrios Arhondonis was born in the village of Agioi Theodoroi on the island of Imbros (now Gkeada, Turkey), son of Christos and Meropi Archodnis (ne Skarlatos), both of Greek descent. His tenure has been highlighted by ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue including formal visits with Roman Catholic, Orthodox, other Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders as well as efforts to promote religious freedom, human rights and protection of the environment. In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis).[1]. On October 22, 1991, His All Holiness was unanimously elected by the grace of God, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, following the death of Patriarch Dimitrios on October 2nd, 1991. Official Documents | Terms of Use | Copyright Sources. As of then, contacts between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and non-Orthodox Churches have become both numerous and frequent. His tenure has been highlighted by ecumenical and interreligious dialogue including formal visits with Roman Catholic, Orthodox, other Christian . [45] Bartholomew, who also gained possession of the bronze reliquary which they are displayed in,[45] described the Pope's gesture as "brave and bold. of the Princes Islands, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of fifth day of discussions, Official texts, livestreaming of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros (Lambriniadis) of America was born in 1967 in Bakirky, Istanbul. This includes 14 defined dioceses (a number of which overlap, since multiple jurisdictions exist), governed by 19 diocesan and auxiliary bishops. Known in Europe as the "Green Patriarch," Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has taken the lead among all religious leaders in his concern for the environment. Bartholomew I (Greek: , Bartholomaos A'; Turkish: I. Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is John Chryssavgis at the Holy Fax: 212-774-0214 [email protected] Fax 574-631-7428 [63], In 2002, he received the Sophie Prize for his work on the environment. The ecumenicity of the Patriarchate of Constantinople has been ratified by two Ecumenical Councils: the second (Constantinople, 381) and the fourth (Chalcedon, 451). The recipient of 35 honorary degrees, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was honored in 1997 with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by the U.S. Congress. Born Demetrios Arhondonis in 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gkeada, Turkey), Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew completed his undergraduate studies at the Theological School of Halki and graduate studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute of the Gregorian University in Rome, the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland, and the University of Munich.