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'''Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαίος Α) (born [[29 February]] [[1940]]) has been the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]], and thus "[[first among equals]]" in the [[Eastern Orthodox Communion]], since [[2 November]] [[1991]]. |
'''Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαίος Α) (born [[29 February]] [[1940]]) has been the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]], and thus "[[first among equals]]" in the [[Eastern Orthodox Communion]], since [[2 November]] [[1991]]. |
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==Early life and career== |
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Bartholomew I was born in the village of ''Aghios Theodoros'' (Άγιος Θεόδωρος in Greek, in Turkish Zeytinli köyü) on [[Imbros]] (Ίμβρος ''Imvros'' to its Greek inhabitants, modern Gökçeada), son of Christos and Merope Archontonis. His birth name is ''Dimitrios Arhondonis'' (Δημήτριος Αρχοντώνης, ''Dimítrios Archontónis''). By citizenship he is Turkish, but belongs ethnically to the small remnants of the [[Greeks in Turkey|Greek community in Turkey]] (see [[Istanbul Pogrom]]). |
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Demetrios Archontonis attended elementary school in his native Imbros and continued his secondary education in the famous [[Zographeion Lyceum]] in [[Istanbul]]. Soon afterwards, he studied Theology as an undergraduate at the Patriarchal Theological school, [[Halki seminary]] |
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, from which he graduated with highest honours in 1961, and was immediately [[ordained]] [[deacon]], receiving the name Bartholomew. Bartholomew fullfilled his military service in the [[Turkish Armed Forces|Turkish army]] as a reserve officer between 1961 and 1963. From 1963 to 1968, Bartholomew pursued graduate studies at the [[Pontifical Oriental Institute]] of Rome, the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey ([[Switzerland]]) and the [[Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich]] ([[Germany]]). His doctoral research was on Canon Law. The same year he became a lecturer in the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]] in Rome. |
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After returning in [[Istanbul]] in 1968, he took a position in the Patriarchal Theological Seminary of Halki, where he was ordinated priest, in 1969, by [[Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I]]. When [[Patriarch Demetrius I of Constantinople|Demetrius I]] became Ecumenical Patriarch in 1972 and established the Patriarchal Office, invited Bartlomew as its director. On Christmas 1973, Bartholomew became Metropolitan of Philadelphia, and renamed director of the office until his enthronement as Metropolitan of [[Chalcedon]] in 1990. From March 1974 until his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch, he was a member of the [[Holy Synod]] as well as of many Synodical Committees. |
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He speaks contemporary Greek, Turkish, Italian, German, French and English; he is also fluent in classical Greek and Latin. |
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==Accomplishments as Ecumenical Patriarch== |
==Accomplishments as Ecumenical Patriarch== |
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| Bartholomew I | |
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| Birth name | Dimitrios Arhondonis |
| Patriarchate began | November 2, 1991 |
| Predecessor | Demetrius I |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Born | February 29, 1940 Imvros, Turkey |
| Styles of Patriarch Bartholemew I | |
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| File:Constantinople coat of arms.PNG | |
| Reference style | His All Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your All Holiness |
| Alternative style | None |
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (Greek: Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαίος Α) (born 29 February 1940) has been the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, and thus "first among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Communion, since 2 November 1991.
Accomplishments as Ecumenical Patriarch
Titles
The official title of the Ecumenical Patriarch is:
His All Holiness, Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch;
in Greek:
Η Αυτού Θειοτάτη Παναγιότης, ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Νέας Ρώμης και Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης, Βαρθολομαίος Α.
Awards
He has been awarded honorary doctorates by a number of universities and educational institutions around the world, among them: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Democritus University of Thrace, University of Crete, University of Ioannina, University of the Aegean and University of Thessaly in Greece, Moscow State University in Russia, University of Iaşi in Romania, City University of London, Exeter University and University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute and Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I in France, University of Bucharest in Romania, Flinders University in Australia, Adamson University in the Philippines, St. Andrew’s College and Sherbrooke University in Canada, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Georgetown University, Tufts University, Southern Methodist University, Yale University, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in the United States.
Ordinations
- August 13, 1961, Diaconate, receiving the ecclesiastical name Bartholomew
- October 19, 1969, Priesthood
- Christmas 1973, Metropolitan of Philadelphia (Asia Minor)
- January 14, 1990, Enthronement as Metropolitan of Chalcedon
- October 22, 1991, Elected 270th Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch
- November 2, 1991, Enthronement in the Patriarchal Cathedral in the Phanar
