Athenagoras I
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Pope Paul VI is the 261st successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Rome; Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople is the 261st successor of St. Andrew, legendary founder of the church there.
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And Gennadius' successor, the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, who once made his headquarters in Manhattan as Greek Orthodox primate for North and South America, is a lot more approachable on church reunion than was Gennadius.
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Most prestigious is the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, called "first among equals," whose present incumbent is Archbishop Athenagoras I, longtime friend of Pope John.
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A new spirit of warmth had begun when Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I met in Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives in 1964.
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But behind his election loomed a split in the Greek Orthodox Church, and outright mutiny against towering, white-bearded Athenagoras I of Constantinople, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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