Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, as primus inter pares among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that make up the Orthodox Church, has the right to decree the autocephaly of local churches, a fact that has recently been confirmed at the council of the patriarchs in Constantinople. The issue became important after Bartholomew I indicated …

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