An Arab clergyman has been appointed the spokesman of the patriarchate, a first.
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The new Serbian Metropolitanate of Karlovci would become a patriarchate in 1848.
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But the patriarchate reported an annual budget in 1995-1996 of only $2 million.
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His possession of the patriarchate of Antioch did not survive his imperial patron.
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During Luke's patriarchate several other major theological controversies occurred.
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Jerusalem was recognized as a patriarchate at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
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During the last year of his patriarchate, Pachomius visited Wallachia and Moldavia.
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In the process, John lost many of his own supporters within his patriarchate.
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These doctrinal issues were first openly discussed in Photius's patriarchate.
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The jurisdiction of a patriarch
Patriarchy: a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
(patriarch) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
(patriarch) the male head of family or tribe
(patriarch) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
(patriarch) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. ...
(Patriarch (Buddhism)) A lineage in Buddhism is a record of teachers and their disciples, or students. ...
(Patriarch (Mormonism)) In the Latter Day Saint movement, Patriarch (also called Evangelist) is an office of the Priesthood whose main duty is to give Patriarchal blessings to church members. It is considered to be either an office of the Patriarchal Priesthood or the Melchizedek priesthood. ...