The Patriarch is the authoritative figure for The Greek Orthodox Church.
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.
equivalent to the pope
It depends upon which denomination within Christianity your referring to. For Anglicans it is the 'See of Cantebury' while for Catholics it is the Popes and Greek Orthodox it is the Patriarch of Jerusalem. It varies.
Yes. They are both under the Ecumenical Patriarch.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre also called the Church of the Resurrection, by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Today it also serves as the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.
I don't know what you mean by "ad".I may be wrong, but I believe the Greek Orthodox Church's hierarch is Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Turkey, who is one of the patriarchs of the broader Orthodox Church.
The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church was also the Byzantine Emperor, head of both Church and State.
Constantinople, but also Jerusalem because that's where the church began.
Only the Roman Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church use the term 'pope' for their leaders. Other Orthodox Churches, including the Greek Orthodox, use the term Patriarch.The present Coptic pope is Pope Tawadros II.
Most Greek people are adherents of the Greek Orthodox Church (a form of Christianity), 95% and 98% of the Greek population. This is certainly true in Greece itself as well as outside to a somewhat lesser extent. Most Greek Cypriots are adherents of the Greek Orthodox Church aswell, 77% of the Cypriot population.