The Torah is the origin of the word. It's the noun used to denote the brother of Moses, Aaron, and ultimately all of his male descendents, in connection with his selection as the patriarch of the priest family in Israel. The Torah refers to him as "Aaron the Kohen".
A Byzantine Patriarch is an alternative name for the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
A patriarch is male.
There is the patriarch and then there's the ecumenical patriarch. There are many partiarchs for each nationality of Orthodoxy and the ecumenical patriarch is the head of all Orthodox. He is not, though, like the Pope. The ecumenical patriarch is the "first among equals" and is by no means infallible.
The patriarch is the head of the Orthodox church. It is currently Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople.
The patriarch is the head of the Orthodox church. It is currently Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople.
In genealogy the patriarch is the another name for the father.
Patriarch Metropolitan Kirill
There was an annual birthday party for the family patriarch.
Patriarch Joasaphus I died in 1640.
Patriarch Irenaios was born in 1939.
Patriarch Ignatius died in 1620.