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Bartholomew I

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noun

  1. Dimitrios Archontonis, born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.


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Bartholomew I is regarded as the “first among equals” among patriarchs in Eastern Orthodoxy and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

The prayer vigil was attended Christian leaders including Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican communion, and Bartholomew I, the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch of Orthodox Christianity.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023

Last weekend, Eastern Orthodox leader Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said the invasion was “beyond every sense of law and morality.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2022

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate declared it would stay out of events attended by Bartholomew I, and dozens of its followers rallied in Kyiv to protest his visit.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2021

"Would you object, Bartholomew," I suggested gently, "to a train-master for fireman?"

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