ecumenical patriarch
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Origin of ecumenical patriarch
First recorded in 1860–65
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The pope and the ecumenical patriarch affirmed in a joint declaration their churches’ orientation toward “the hoped-for restoration of full communion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It fought for years for recognition from the ecumenical patriarch in Istanbul before finally getting its wish in 2019.
From Reuters ● Jun. 30, 2022
But in 1686, with Constantinople’s church weakened under Ottoman rule, the ecumenical patriarch delegated to the now-independent patriarch of Moscow the authority to ordain the metropolitan, or top bishop, of Kyiv.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
Fellow church leaders, such as the Orthodox leader, ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew, and the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, politicians and other public figures flock to meet him.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2018
There the emperor presented himself at the ambon holding by the hand the monk Constantine, bishop of Sylæum, and cried with a loud voice, “Many years to the ecumenical patriarch Constantine.”
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
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