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Agathonicea
Agathonice ( gr, Ἀγαθονίκη, Agathonikē) or Agathonicea ( gr, Ἀγαθονίκεια, Agathonikeia) was a town and bishopric in Thrace during the Middle Ages. It remains a titular see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, and of the Roman Catholic Church. History Agathonice is most likely to be identified with the modern settlement of Oryahovo in southern Bulgaria. It is first mentioned in the Suleymanskyoy Inscription, which lists the terms of the Byzantine–Bulgarian treaty of 815, among the border towns between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgar Khanate. In 1095, during his campaign against the Cumans, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos came to the town. Orthodox see The town is attested as a bishopric, as the first among the suffragan sees of the metropolitan see of Philippopolis (Thrace), Philippopolis, in the ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the 10th to the 12th century. Only one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarchate Of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus; tr, Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi, İstanbul Ekümenik Patrikhanesi, "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, currently Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople. Because of its historical location as the capital of the former Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and its role as the mother church of most modern Orthodox churches, Constantinople holds a special place of honor within Orthodoxy and serves as the seat for the Ecumenical Patriarch, who enjoys the status of ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the world's Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
