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Orthodox 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 five archdioceses, three churches, one exarchate, 12 metropolises ("metropolis" is preferred use over "metropolitanate" within this particular Orthodox jurisdiction), and one diocese, each of which reports directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople with no intervening authority. In addition, three of the five 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
- Archdiocese of America
- 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
- American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Exarchate 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 Italy
- Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
Note: The ecumenic status of the church has not been recognized by the Republic of Turkey yet. Besides, Turkey rejects the use of "Constantinople", but strongly insists the use of "Istanbul".
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