Today, there are fifteen independent or autocephalous Orthodox churches , there are also four autonomous Orthodox churches, they are either headed by the patriarch , metropolitan or archbishop .
Titles of Primate of Orthodox Churches
Autocephalous Orthodox churches:
- His Divine Holiness Constantinople Archbishop - Planar New Rome and Patriarch (Ἡ Αὐτοῦ Θειοτάτη Παναγιότης, ὁ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Νέας Ρώμης καὶ Οἰκουμενικὸς Πατριάρχης, є҆gѡ bzhⷭ҇tvennoe vsѣst҃ѣyshestvo, a҆rhїepⷭ҇kp kѡnstantїnopolskїy, novorimskїy i҆ vselenskїy patrїarh);
- His Divine Beatitude Pope and Patriarch of Great City of Alexandria, Libya, Pentapolya, Ethiopia, only Egypt and the whole of Africa, Father of Fathers, Shepherd of Shepherds, Bishop of Bishops, the Thirteenth Apostle, and the Judge of the Universe (Ἡ Αὐτοῦ Θειοτάτη Μακαριότης ὁ Πάπας καί Πατριάρχης τῆς Μεγάλης Πόλεως Ἀλεξανδρείας, Λιβύης, Πενταπόλεως Αἰθιοπίας, πάσης γῆς Αἰγύπτου καί πάσης Ἀφρικῆς, Πατήρ Πατέρων, Ποιμήν Ποιμένων, Ἀρχιερεύς Ἀρχιερέων, τρίτος καί δέκατος τῶν Ἀποστόλων καί Κριτής τῆς Οἰκουμένης, є҆gѡ bzhⷭ҇tvennoe bl҃zhenstvo dad i҆ patrїarh in likagѡ a҆leѯandrіi hail, lїvѵi, pentapolѧ, є҆ѳїopїi, vsegѡ є҆gѵpta i҆ vseѧ a҆frїki, ѻ҆tets ѻ҆ttsєv, a҆rhїerey a҆rhїereєv, tretїynadesѧt a҆pⷭ҇tol i҆ sꙋdїѧ vselennyѧ);
- His Divine Beatitude, Patriarch of the Great God hail Antioch, Syria, Arabia, Cilicia, Iberia, Mesopotamia and all the East (Ἡ Αὐτοῦ Θειοτάτη Μακαριότης Πατριάρχης τῆς Μεγάλης Θεουπόλεως Ἀντιοχείας, Συρίας, Ἀραβίας, Κιλικίας, Ἰβηρίας τε καὶ Μεσοποταμίας καὶ πάσης Ἀνατολῆς, є҆gѡ bzhⷭ҇tvennoe bl҃zhenstvo Patriarch of the Great Bj҃grad city of Antonyokhii, Sriry, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Mesopotamia and the whole East );
- His Divine Beatitude Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, Syria, Arabia, only Transjordan, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion (Ή Αυτού Θειοτάτη Μακαριότης ὁ Πατριάρχης τῆς Ἁγίας Πόλεως Ἱερουσαλήμ καί πάσης Παλαιστίνης, Συρίας, Ἀραβίας, Πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καί ἉἉ
- His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (the oldest patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia );
- Most Blessed Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia and Archbishop Mtskheta and Tbilisi and Metropolitan Pitsundsky and Tskhum-Abhazetsky (უწმინდესი და უნეტარესი, სრულიად საქართველოს კათოლიკოს -პატრიარქი და მცხეთა-თბილისის მთავარეპისკოპოსი და ბიჭვინთისა და ცხუმ-აფხაზეთის მიტროპოლიტი);
- Archbishop of Pecsk, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovac, Patriarch of Serbia ;
- Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Munta and Dobrudja, Viceroy of Caesarea of Cappadocia, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlaš, Patriarch of All Romania ;
- Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia ;
- Archbishop of New Justinian and all of Cyprus ;
- Archbishop of Athens and All Hellas ;
- Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, Metropolitan of Tirano-Durres-Elbasan ;
- Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland ;
- Archbishop of Prague / or Prešov /, Metropolitan of Czech lands and Slovakia ;
- Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of America and Canada ;
- His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine
Autonomous Orthodox churches:
- Archbishop of Sinai, Farana and Raifa ;
- Archbishop of Karelia and all of Finland ;
- Metropolitan of Tallinn and all of Estonia ;
- His Eminence Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of all Japan ( 東京 の 大主教 ・ 全 日本 の 府 主教 );
Semi-Autonomous Orthodox Church:
- Archbishop of Crete ;
Self-governing Orthodox Church with the rights of broad autonomy as part of the Russian Orthodox Church:
- Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine ;
Self-governing Orthodox churches as part of the Russian Orthodox Church:
- First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Metropolitan of East America and New York ;
- Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia ;
- Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova ;
- Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia ;
Self-governing Orthodox churches as part of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople:
- Archbishop of Coman, Manager of the Western European Exarchate of Russian Parishes ;
- Archbishop of Winnipeg and Middle Diocese, Metropolitan of Canada
- Metropolitan of Irinopolis
See also
- Church degrees and positions in the Roman Catholic Church