Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople () is the Archbishop of Constantinople — New Rome — ranking as primus inter pares (first among equals) in the Eastern Orthodox communion, which is seen by followers as the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. He has been historically known as the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople, as distinct from the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople. Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople
Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (, Bălgarska pravoslavna cărkva) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1. Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church
History of the Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Churches trace their roots back to the Apostles and Jesus Christ. Eastern Orthodoxy reached its golden age during the high point of the Byzantine Empire, and then continued to flourish in Russia after the Fall of Constantinople. History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church