The head of the Orthodox Church is Jesus Christ, and it does not have a global leader, like a pope. The highest authority in the Orthodox Church is an Ecumenical Council, or Synod of worldwide bishops. The Ecumenical Patriarch is considered to be 'first among equals' in terms of hierarchy, but he cannot interfere in the decisions of other jurisdictions. The current spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians is His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in Constantinople (now known as Istanbul).
The head of the Orthodox Church is Jesus Christ, and it does not have a global leader, like a pope. The highest authority in the Orthodox Church is an Ecumenical Council, or Synod of worldwide bishops. The Ecumenical Patriarch is considered to be 'first among equals' in terms of hierarchy, but he cannot interfere in the decisions of other jurisdictions. The current spiritual leader of the world's 350 million Orthodox Christians is His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in Constantinople (known today as Istanbul).
Which pope? ill explain,during the early church when the Orthodox (eastern and oriental) and Catholic church were still one church.Each leader of the 5 ancient sees had a title Constonople,Antioch,Jeruselum all beared the title patariach alone.However the Roman church used bishop of rome and the Alexandrian (coptic) used patarich and pope in conjuction,however this title was not used to assist authority over all the churches anyhow near 1054 AD the bishop of rome began to use the title pope as he belived that he has authority over the eastern and western churches,the patriach of Alexandria still uses the title pope and patraich. The leader of the Catholic church is the succesor of st.peter and the leader of the Coptic orthodox church is the succeser of st.mark. and since the orthodox church (eastern and oriental) do not believe st.peter had authority over the other apostles they do not belive he has authority over the other apsotolic churches which are the orthodox churches
The "Pope" is the title given to leaders of several Christian sets. Each is different person:Catholic Church - PopeEastern Orthodox Churches - Pope and Patriarch of AlexandriaOriental Orthodox Churches - Pope of Alexandria
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Ecumenical Patriarch and he is the "first among equals" and by no means infallible.
There is no such thing as a Western Orthodox Church. The leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church (in either the East or the West) is called a Patriarch or an Archbishop. There is no one leader, such as the pope in the West, but each country or region has its own leader.
An archpriest is a rank given to a married priest in the Eastern Orthodox Church, or an honorific title bestowed upon a priest with a specific function in the Roman Catholic church.
The most visible distinction is that Roman Catholics recognize the supremacy of the Pope in Rome, while the Eastern Orthodox Church doesn't. The Orthodox Church does not have one single leader: the Patriarchs of the several East European countries are all supreme leaders of 'their' Church. The Patriarch of Constantinople traditionally is seen as the 'first among equals' but that is more a courtesy title than an expression of real supremacy. All other distinctions concern often obscure points of theological doctrine, such as the fact that Roman Catholics consider Father, Son and Holy Ghost as a trinity, while the Eastern Orthodox Church sees them as a 'duality', linking the Holy Ghost to the Father only. Finally: when they cross themselves, Orthodox believers go from right to left, Roman Catholics from left to right.
The leader of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) is known as the Executive Minister of the Church.
The Orthodox regard the Pope as being the Bishop of Rome and the leader of Roman Catholics. They do not regard him as the head of all Christians, and they do not regard him as being infallible. Papal claims of 'infallibility' were only made from the year 1870. The word 'Pope' itself derives from Greek word 'pappas' which means 'Father'. This title was first used by the Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria, long before it was assumed by the bishops of Rome.
Orthodox is made up of two Greek words "ortho" which means correct and "doxa" which means worship or glory. In a secular sense, 'orthodox' can mean traditional or conforming with accepted standards. In a spiritual context, the word 'Orthodox' means the correct faith or the correct worship and glory of God.