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	Founder	Apostle Andrew
	Independence	Traditional
	Recognition	Traditional
	Primate	Patriarch Bartholomew I
	Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
	Territory	Constantinople, most of Turkey, Mount Athos, Crete, parts of Northern Greece, the Dodecanese
	Possessions	United States, Canada, Great Britain, Western Europe, South America, Central America, Australia, Southeast Asia
	Language	Greek
	Population	3,500,000
	Website	Church of Constantinople

The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the fifteen Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch , who has the status of " First Among Equals " among the world's Orthodox bishops.

The local Churches of the Ecumenical Patriarchate consist of six archdioceses, eight churches, and 13 metropolises ("metropolis" is preferred use over "metropolitanate" within this particular Orthodox jurisdiction), each of which reports directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople with no intervening authority. In addition, three of the six archdioceses have internal metropolises (16 in all), which are part of their respective archdioceses rather than distinct administrative entities, unlike the other metropolises.

• Archdiocese of Constantinople


• ---Metropolis of Chalcedon


• ---Metropolis of Imbros And Tenedos


• ---Metropolis of the Prince's Islands


• ---Metropolis of Derkos


• Archdiocese of Crete


• ---Metropolis of Rhodes


• ---Metropolis of Kos


• ---Metropolis of Karpathos and Kasos


• ---Metropolis of Leros , Kalymnos and Astypalaia


• Archdiocese Of America


• ---Archdiocesan District (New York, New York)


• ---Metropolis of Chicago


• ---Metropolis of New Jersey


• ---Metropolis of Atlanta


• ---Metropolis of Denver


• ---Metropolis of Pittsburgh


• ---Metropolis of Boston


• ---Metropolis of Detroit


• ---Metropolis of San Francisco


• Archdiocese of Australia


• Archdiocese of Great Britain (includes Ireland and Malta)


• Archdiocese Of Italy


• Metropolis of Korea


• Metropolis of Canada


• Metropolis of Argentina


• Metropolis of Central America


• Metropolis of New Zealand


• Metropolis of Hong Kong


• Metropolis of France


• Metropolis of Germany


• Metropolis of Austria


• Metropolis of Belgium


• Metropolis of Scandinavia


• Metropolis of Switzerland


• Metropolis of Spain and Portugal


• Archdiocese Of Karelia and all Finland


• Estonian Orthodox Church (Metropolitan of Tallinn and all Estonia)


• American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese


• Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of The USA


• Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Canada


• Albanian Orthodox Diocese (USA)


• Russian Orthodox Exarchate Of Western Europe


• Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America

See also


Link to the "Official Web Site of the Patriarchate of Constantinople" (Greek or English).