Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the autocephalous churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
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  • Type: Office
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: Eastern Orthodox religious denomination based in İstanbul, Türkiye
  • Also known as: “Bispo de Constantinopla”, “Byzantijns-oecumenisch patriarchaat”, “Carigradska patrijarhija”, “Carigradski patrijarh”, “Church of Constantinople”, “Eglise orthodoxe de Constantinople”, “Église orthodoxe de Constantinople”, “Ekumenický konstantinopolský patriarchát”, “Ekumenski carigradski patrijarhat”, “Erzbistum Konstantinopel”, “Església Ortodoxa de Constantinopla”, “Fener Patrikhanesi”, “Fener Rum Ortodoks Patriği”, “Fener Rum Patriği”, “Fener Rum Patrikhanesi”, “Greco-ortodoxa”, “Greco-ortodoxo”, “Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople”, “Iglesia ortodoxa de Constantinopla”, “Igreja católica ortodoxa de constantinopla”, “Igreja de Constantinopla”, “Igreja Ortodoxa de Constantinopla”, “Igrexa de Constantinopla”, “İstanbul Fener Ortodoks Kilisesi”, “İstanbul Ortodoks Fener Patrikhanesi”, “İstanbul Rum Ortodoks Patrikliği”, “Kirche von Konstantinopel”, “Konstantinápolyi Egyetemes Patriarchátus”, “Konstantinápolyi Ökumenikus Patriarchátus”, “Konstantinoplako patriarkatu ekumenikoa”, “Konstantinoplako Patriarkatu Ekumenikoa”, “Konstantinoplako patriarkatza ekumenikoa”, “Konstantinopolin ekumeenininen patriarkaatti”, “Konstantinopolin patriarkaatti”, “Ökumenisches Patriarchat”, “Orthodox Church of Constantinople”, “Ortodoks Fener Patrikhanesi”, “Patriarca de constantinopla”, “Patriarca Ecumênico”, “Patriarca Ecuménico de Constantinopla”, “Patriarca Ecumênico de Constantinopla”, “Patriarca grego ortodoxo de Constantinopla”, “Patriarcado de Bizancio”, “Patriarcado de constantinopla”, “Patriarcado de Constantinopla”, “Patriarcado ecuménico”, “Patriarcado Ecumênico”, “patriarcado ecuménico de Constantinopla”, “Patriarcat de Bizanci”, “Patriarcat de Constantinoble”, “Patriarcat de Constantinople”, “Patriarcat Ecumènic de Constantinoble”, “Patriarcat Ecumènic de Constantinopla”, “Patriarcat œcuménique”, “Patriarcat oecumenique de Constantinople”, “Patriarcat oecuménique de Constantinople”, “Patriarcat œcumenique de Constantinople”, “Patriarcato di Costantinopoli”, “Patriarcato ortodosso di Costantinopoli”, “Patriarch van Constantinopel”, “Patriarcha Constantinopolitanus”, “Patriarchat Konstantynopola”, “Patriarche byzantin”, “Patriarche œcumenique”, “Patriarche œcuménique”, “Patriarche œcuménique de Constantinople”, “Patriarh al Constantinopolului”, “Patriarhia Constantinopolului”, “Patriarhia de Constantinopol”, “Patriarhia din Constantinopol”, “Patriarhia Ecumenică”, “Patriarhia Ecumenică a Constantinopolelui”, “Patriarhia Ecumenică a Constantinopolului”, “Patriarhul Constantinopolului”, “Patriarhul Ecumenic al Constantinopolului”, “Patryarkado Ikominiko ka Konstantinopla”, “Pisamban ning Konstantinopla”, “Rum Ortodoks Patrikxanası”, “Rum patriği”, “Rum patrikhanesi”, “Rum Pravaslav Patrikxanası”, “Sé de Constantinopla”, “Simbahan ka Konstantinopla”, “Simbahan ng Konstantinopla”, “Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο”, “Ορθόδοξο πατριαρχείο Κωνσταντινουπόλεως”, “Πατριαρχείο Κωνσταντινούπολης”, “Васељенска Патријаршија”, “Васељенска православна црква”, “Вселенский Патриархат”, “Вселенський патріарх”, “Вселенський Патріархат”, “Константинополска патриаршия”, “Константинопольская патриархия”, “Константинопольская церковь”, “Константинопольский патриархат”, “Константинопольский Патріархат”, “Константинопольский Патріархат Вселенської Православної Церкви”, “Константинопольское патриаршество”, “Константинопольський Вселенський патріарх”, “Константинопольський Патріархат”, “Константинопољска патријаршија”, “Константинопољска православна црква”, “КПЦ”, “Цариградска Патријаршија”, “Цариградска православна црква”, “Цариградската патриаршия”, “ארכיבישוף קונסטנטינופול”, “ארכיבישוף קונסטנטינופוליס”, “הפטריארך האקומני של קונסטנטינופול”, “הפטריארך האקומני של קונסטנטינופוליס”, “הפטריארך מקונסטנטינופול”, “פטריארך קונסטנטינופוליס”, “بطريركية القسطنطينية الأرثوذوكسية”, “بطريركيه القسطنطينيه المسكونيه”, “കോൺസ്റ്റാന്റിനോപ്പിൾ പാത്രിയാർക്കാസനം”, “이스탄불 총대주교청”, “콘스탄티노폴리스 총대주교구”, “콘스탄티노폴리스 총대주교청”, “콘스탄티노플 총대주교청”, “コンスタンチノープル総主教庁”, “コンスタンディヌーポリ全地総主教庁”, “コンスタンティノープル全地総主教庁”, “コンスタンティノープル正教会”, “コンスタンティノープル総主教座”, “コンスタンティノポリス総主教庁”, “コンスタンティノポリス総主教座”, “コンスタンティノポリ総主教庁”, “君士坦丁堡宗主教座”, “君士坦丁堡教會”, “君士坦丁堡普世牧首區”, “新罗马牧首区”, and “新羅馬牧首區”
  • Address: İncebel Sokak, İstanbul, Fatih

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Golden Horn and Church of St. George.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Church
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The Patriarchal Cathedral is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in , , formerly Constantinople. Since about 1600, it has been the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople whose leader is regarded…

College
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or Phanar Roman Orthodox Lyceum, known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation and Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople, is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Orthodox school in , Turkey. is situated 170 metres west of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fener and Unkapanı.

Quarter
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, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the in the district of in , Turkey. The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion", meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
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is part of the district of in , and lies inside what was once the old walled city of Constantinople. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich in monuments, both Byzantine and Ottoman.

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Latitude
41.02931° or 41° 1′ 46″ north
Longitude
28.95144° or 28° 57′ 5″ east
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ekumeniese Patriargaat van Konstantinopel”
  • Albanian: “Patrikana Ekumenike e Kostandinopojës”
  • Arabic: “بطريركية القسطنطينية المسكونية”
  • Armenian: “Կոստանդնուպոլսի տիեզերական պատրիարքություն”
  • Arpitan: “Égllése ortodoxe de Constantinople”
  • Azerbaijani: “Konstantinopol Pravoslav Kilsəsi”
  • Basque: “Konstantinoplako Patriarkatza Ekumenikoa”
  • Belarusian: “Канстантынопальская праваслаўная царква”
  • Belarusian: “Канстанцінопальская праваслаўная царква”
  • Belarusian: “Канстанцінопальскі Патрыярхат”
  • Bengali: “কনস্টান্টিনোপলের সার্বজনীন পাদ্রিতন্ত্র”
  • Breton: “Patriarchiezh eukumenek Kergustentin”
  • Bulgarian: “Вселенска патриаршия”
  • Catalan: “Església Ortodoxa de Constantinoble”
  • Cebuano: “Patriyarkadong Ekumeniko sa Constantinople”
  • Chinese: “君士坦丁堡普世牧首区”
  • Croatian: “Carigradska patrijaršija”
  • Croatian: “Carigradski patrijarhat”
  • Czech: “Konstantinopolský patriarchát”
  • Danish: “Den ortodokse kirke i Konstantinopel”
  • Dutch: “oecumenisch patriarchaat van Constantinopel”
  • Dutch: “Oecumenisch patriarchaat van Constantinopel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بطريركية القسطنطينه المسكونيه”
  • Esperanto: “Konstantinopola Ortodoksa Eklezio”
  • Estonian: “Konstantinoopoli Õigeusu Kirik”
  • Finnish: “Konstantinopolin ekumeeninen patriarkaatti”
  • French: “patriarcat œcuménique de Constantinople”
  • French: “Patriarcat œcuménique de Constantinople”
  • Galician: “Igrexa ortodoxa de Constantinopla”
  • Galician: “Patriarcado ecuménico de Constantinopla”
  • Georgian: “კონსტანტინოპოლის მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია”
  • German: “Ökumenische Patriarchat von Konstantinopel”
  • German: “Ökumenisches Patriarchat von Konstantinopel”
  • Greek: “Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Κωνσταντινουπόλεως”
  • Hebrew: “הפטריארכיה האקומנית של קונסטנטינופול”
  • Hiligaynon: “Patriyarkadung Ekumeniko sg Konstantinopla”
  • Hungarian: “konstantinápolyi ortodox egyház”
  • Hungarian: “Konstantinápolyi ortodox egyház”
  • Icelandic: “Patríarkatið í Konstantínópel”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Ortodoks Konstantinopel”
  • Italian: “Patriarcato ecumenico di Costantinopoli”
  • Japanese: “コンスタンディヌーポリ総主教庁”
  • Japanese: “コンスタンティノープル総主教庁”
  • Kazakh: “Константинополь православие шіркеуі”
  • Kinaray-A: “Patriyarkado Ekumeniko ka Konstantinopla”
  • Korean: “콘스탄티노폴리스 세계 총대주교청”
  • Latin: “Patriarcha Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus”
  • Latin: “Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus”
  • Latvian: “Konstantinopoles patriarhāts”
  • Literary Chinese: “君士坦丁堡普世宗主教區”
  • Lithuanian: “Konstantinopolio stačiatikių bažnyčia”
  • Macedonian: “Цариградска патријаршија”
  • Malagasy: “Patriarkata Ekiomenikan‘ i Kônstantinôpla”
  • Malagasy: “Patriarkata Ekiomenikan’ i Kônstantinôpla”
  • Malayalam: “കോൺസ്റ്റാന്റിനോപ്പിൾ എക്യുമെനിക്കൽ പാത്രിയാർക്കാസനം”
  • Northern Frisian: “Patriarchaat faan Konstantinopel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den ortodokse kirke i Konstantinopel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det økumeniske patriarkatet i Konstantinopel”
  • Norwegian: “Den ortodokse kirke i Konstantinopel”
  • Pampanga: “Patriarkádung Ekumeniku ning Konstantinopla”
  • Persian: “پاتریارک‌نشین جهانی قسطنطنیه”
  • Polish: “Patriarchat Konstantynopolitański”
  • Portuguese: “Patriarcado Ecumênico de Constantinopla”
  • Romanian: “Patriarhia Ecumenică de Constantinopol”
  • Romanian: “Patriarhia Ortodoxă a Constantinopolului”
  • Russian: “Константинопольская православная церковь”
  • Russian: “Православный Патриархат Константинополя”
  • Scots: “Ecumenical Patriarchate o Constantinople”
  • Serbian: “Carigradska patrijaršija”
  • Serbian: “Васељенска патријаршија”
  • Serbian: “Цариградска патријаршија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vaseljenska patrijaršija”
  • Skolt Sami: “Konstantinopool ekumeenlaž patriarkatt”
  • Slovak: “Konštantínopolský ekumenický patriarchát”
  • Slovenian: “Ekumenski patriarhat Konstantinopla”
  • Spanish: “Patriarcado ecuménico de Constantinopla”
  • Swedish: “Konstantinopels ekumeniska patriarkat”
  • Tagalog: “Patriyarkadong Ekumeniko ng Konstantinopla”
  • Thai: “เขตอัครบิดรสากล”
  • Turkish: “İstanbul Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Константинопольська православна церква”
  • Urdu: “قسطنطنی راسخ الاعتقاد کلیسیا”
  • Uzbek: “Konstantinopol pravoslav cherkovi”
  • Western Armenian: “Կոստանդնուպոլսոյ Տիեզերական Պատրիարքութիւն”
  • Western Frisian: “Oekumenysk Patriargaat fan Konstantinopel”
  • Western Panjabi: “قسطنطنی راسخ الاعتقاد کلیسیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “君士坦丁堡普世牧首区”
  • Yue Chinese: “君士坦丁堡正教會”
  • “Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Κωνσταντινουπόλεως”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Abdi Subaşı Mosque and Ali Yazıcı Mosque.

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Places to explore: Tarihi Fener işkembecisi and Raw Crafts.

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