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.
The spiritual leader is the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
The Patriarch is the authoritative figure for The Greek Orthodox Church.
The Patriarch of Istanbul.
Patriarch Maxim
No, a female leader would have been called a matriarch. She would have had the same duties as a patriarch, but she wouldn't have been called one.
A patriarch is the just a Bishop who was selected by his brothers in Christ to be the leader of the Church . The first among the equals.
The current leader of the Russian Orthodox Church is Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow.
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1.)The Patriarch of Constantinople is Patriarch Barttholomew 2.)The Patriarch of Moscow is Patriarch Metropolian Kirill 3.)The Patriarch of Alexandria is Patriarch Thedore 2 4.)The Patriarch of Antioch is Bechara Peter Al-Rahi The 4 Patriarchs and the Pope is the leader of the Roman cathloic church Pope Benedict (2011)- ( ) and the 4 patriarchs are the leaders of the Orthodox church
The leader of the Byzantine Church was known as the Patriarch of Constantinople. This position was prominent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Patriarch served as a spiritual leader and a key figure in theological and political matters within the Byzantine Empire. The Patriarch had significant influence over religious practices and was considered one of the highest ecclesiastical authorities in the Orthodox Christian world.
The Pope - Roman Catholic, Patriarch - Eastern