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Martyrs Serapion, Cronides (Hieronides) and Leontius of Alexandria.
Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus of Alexandria [Eph 6:10-17; Lk 21:12-19].
Martyrs Apollonius, Philemon, Arianus and Theoctychus of Alexandria.
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In 1589 the patriarchate of Moscow was established and formally recognized by Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople.
Orthodox observers were present at the sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), and several meetings took place between popes Paul VI and John Paul II on the one side, and patriarchs Athenagoras and Demetrios on the other.
The Orthodox Tradition is the theological tradition, generally associated with the national churches of the eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe and principally with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose distinguishing characteristic consists in preservation of the integrity of the doctrines taught by the fathers of the seven ecumenical councils of the fourth through eighth centuries.
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 List of Patriarchs of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This list contains only those Patriarchs who served before the schism of AD For post-schism Patriarchs, follow the links at the bottom of this page.
In 451 the Coptic Church split from the Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
For later Patriarchs see List of Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria and List of Coptic Popes.
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 Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The term "Orthodox" was adopted by the Eastern Church to signify its adherence to, and preservation of, the original apostolic traditions, teachings, and style of worship.
An example of this is the lack of communion between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate (the Orthodox Church of Russia), the conflict arising early in the 20th century due to a serious distrust of the soviets.
Alexandria, for example, traces its papacy back to Mark the Evangelist, who founded the church in Alexandria in AD (In Alexandria, two primates call themselves "Pope" and claim to be the successor of the apostle Mark: the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, also called the "Pope of Africa", and the Coptic Pope.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Church of Alexandria
Their patriarch, a mere shadow of what he once was, resides at Stamboul, and glories in the title of ""Patriarch of Alexandria and Ecumenical Judge"".
It was doubtless in their behalf that in the pontificate of Innocent III (1198-1216) a patriarch of the Latin rite was appointed for Alexandria.
Pococke, Oxon., 1658); NEALE, The Patriarchate of Alexandria, (2 vols.
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 Eastern Patriarchates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Eastern Orthodox faith is not as hierarchically arranged as the Roman church; each Patriarch is considered equal to the others in primacy, although Constantinople enjoys pride of place throughout the Orthodox world as the chief religious leader of the Imperial City.
Although the Syrian Orthodox or Jacobite church, like the Coptic, no longer follow the Monophysite doctrine, and are doctrinally almost identical to the Eastern Orthodox churches, old emnities die hard and the church continues to preserve an independent identity, in communion with the Armenian, Coptic, and Abyssinian churches.
Patriarch Mar Shimun IV Bassidi ruled that his office would only pass to members of his own family (to a nephew, since the Patriarch was celibate).
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eastern Churches
The "Orthodox" (it is convenient as well as courteous to call them by the name they use as a technical one for themselves) originally comprised the four Eastern patriarchates: Alexandria and Antioch, then Constantinople and Jerusalem.
The other patriarchs were content to be her vassals, many of them even came to spend their useless lives as ornaments of the chief patriarch's court, while Cyprus protested faintly and ineffectually that she was subject to no patriarch.
This patriarch is the person responsible to the Porte for his race, has the same privileges as his Orthodox rival, and now uses the jurisdiction over all Turkish Armeniansthat formerly belonged to the catholicos.
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 Coptic Christianity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The current Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of AlexandriaPope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Holy See of Saint Mark is Pope Shenouda III; the most recent Greek Orthodox Melkite Patriarch is Patriarch Theodoros II of AlexandriaPatriarch Theodoros II.
Cyril VIPope Cyril VI of Alexandria/ قداسة البابا كيرلس السادس
List of Patriarchs of Alexandria – prior to the schism
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In Orthodox architecture the term signifies the area of the sanctuary divided from the rest of the church by the iconostasis.
An Orthodox baptism is administered by the priest {in case of absolute emergency, however, by a layman (aerobaptismos)} through three complete immersions and by pronouncing the individual's name along with the name of the Trinity, "the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
In Orthodox art, the term Panagia denotes an icon depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, or the bishop's medallion (Encolpion) which usually is decorated with an icon of the Panagia (especially in the Russian Church).
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Orthodox history is marked outwardly by a series of sudden breaks: the capture of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem by Arab Mohammedans; the burning of Kiev by the Mongols; the two sacks of Constantinople; the October Revolution in Russia.
Orthodox often speak as if the period of doctrinal formulation were wholly at an end, yet this is not the case.
The Orthodox attitude to the episcopal office is well expressed in the prayer used at a consecration: ‘Grant, O Christ, that this man, who has been appointed a steward of the Episcopal grace, may become an imitator of thee, the True Shepherd, by laying down his life for thy sheep.
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 Articles - List of Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The following list contains all the incumbents of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria since the Council of Chalcedon.
List of Patriarchs of Alexandria, for the earlier Patriarchs of Alexandria prior to the schism.
List of Coptic Popes, for the Patriarchs of the Coptic Orthodox Church that split from Eastern Orthodoxy as a result of Chalcedon.
www.gaple.com /articles/List_of_Orthodox_Patriarchs_of_Alexandria   (239 words)

  
 Chronological List of the Patriarchs of Antioch
Traditionally, lists of patriarchs have been drawn in a spiral form.
As is not uncommon with historical accounts, sources for the chronological lists of the Patriarchs differ on dates.
The chronological spiral on the Patriarchal throne at Dayro d-Mor Hananyo.
sor.cua.edu /Patriarchate/PatriarchsChronList.html   (314 words)

  
 BYZANTIUM: Patriarchs of Alexandria: Dates
Note: I am willing to add the names and dates of Patriarchs since the 15th century, if someone will send them to me.
Since many patriarchs held the title more than once, the (ºnumber) inside parentheses indicates which of various times this particular time is.
Since canonization was long a haphazard affair in the Orthodox Church, the indicated saintliness of the various patriarchs, based on a variety of pieces of information is not meant to be definitive in this listing.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/byzantium/texts/byzpatalex.html   (155 words)

  
 List of Patriarchs - OrthodoxWiki
The following is a list of the names and titles of the current presiding patriarchs, metropolitans, and archbishops (primates) of the autocephalous and autonomous Orthodox churches:
His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
His Beatitude Teoctist, Patriarch of All Romania, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Archbishop of Bucharest
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