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The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the fourteen or fifteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, who has the status of "first among equals" among the world's Orthodox bishops. It claims to have its roots in the first preachings of the apostle Andrew in Constantinople in AD 38.

The local Churches of the Ecumenical Patriarchate consist now of six archdioceses, eight churches, and 13 metropolises ("metropolis" is preferred use over "metropolitanate" within this particular Orthodox jurisdiction), each of which reports directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople with no intervening authority. In addition, three of the six archdioceses have internal metropolises (16 in all), which are part of their respective archdioceses rather than distinct administrative entities, unlike the other metropolises.

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Eastern Orthodox churches | Égllése ortodoxe de Constantinople | Seznam konstantinopolských patriarchů | Ökumenisches Patriarchat von Konstantinopel | Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο | Patriarko de Konstantinopolo | Église orthodoxe de Constantinople | コンスタンティノポリ総主教庁 | 콘스탄티노플 총대주교 | Patriarcha Konstantynopola | Константинопольская Православная Церковь | 君士坦丁堡牧首

 

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