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Bartholomew I
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Bartholomew I, 1940–, Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, b. Imvros, Turkey, as Dimitrios Archondonis. He attended theological seminary in Istanbul and later studied in Rome, Switzerland, and Germany. Chief adviser and administrator for Patriarch Dimitrios I, he was elected patriarch after his predecessor's death (1991). Prior to his election, he was metropolitan of Chalcedon from 1990 to 1991. Bartholomew has advocated contacts with other Christian churches, while strongly opposing efforts of some of them to win converts in traditional Orthodox lands in E Europe; he also has attempted to aid Orthodox Eastern churches Orthodox Eastern Church, community of Christian churches whose chief strength is in the Middle East and E Europe. Their members number over 250 million worldwide.
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Among them were a large Muslim representation from Iran, plus representatives from 16 other Muslim national groups; eleven Orthodox patriarchs, led by ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (the Patriarch of Moscow did not attend, but did send a high-level delegation); a Jewish delegation with prominent leaders from Italy, France, and the United States; and delegates from many other religions.
Assisi summit, January 24, 2002. (Vatican) by Catholic Insight
It appeared that his efforts were beginning to bear fruit until the latest jurisdictional dispute of the Ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and Alexius II of Moscow over the Orthodox Church of Estonia.
Union of Brest: Russian Orthodoxy was established in non-Russian ... by Roman Danylak / Catholic Insight
 
 
 
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