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Theophilos III Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem ( el, Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων Θεόφιλος Γ'; ar, غبطة بطريرك المدينة المقدسة اورشليم وسائر أعمال فلسطين كيريوس كيريوس � ...

of the Holy City of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

and all

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, Syria, beyond the

Jordan River The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...

, Cana of Galilee, and Holy

Zion Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole (see Na ...

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, Palestine,

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, slogan = , logo = , footnotes = The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem or Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, officially Patriarch of Jerusalem ( el, Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων; ar, بطريرك القدس; he, פטריארך ירושלים), is the head

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...

of the

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, el, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἱεροσολύμων, ''Patriarcheîon Hierosolýmōn;'' he, הפטריארכיה היוונית-אורתודוקסית של ירושלים; ar, كنيسة الرو� ...

, ranking fourth of nine

Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in ce ...

s in the

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. Since 2005, the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem has been

. The

is styled "Patriarch of the Holy City of

and all

, Syria, beyond the

Cana Cana of Galilee ( grc, Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας; ar, قانا الجليل , translit= Qana al-Jalil , lit=Qana of the Galilee) is the location of the Marriage at Cana, at which the miracle of turning water into wine took place i ...

Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Gali ...

, and Holy

." The Patriarch is the head of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, and the religious leader of about 130,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians in the

, most of them Palestinians. The Patriarchate traces its line of succession to the first Christian bishops of Jerusalem, the first being

James the Just James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord ( la, Iacobus from he, יעקב, and grc-gre, Ἰάκωβος, , can also be Anglicized as " Jacob"), was "a brother of Jesus", according to the New Testament. He was an early l ...

in the 1st century AD. Jerusalem was granted

autocephaly Autocephaly (; from el, αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern O ...

in 451 by the

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and in 531 became one of the initial five

patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in ce ...

ates. On the importance of Jerusalem in Christianity, the ''

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'' reads:

History

In the

Apostolic Age Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (–29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles () and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. Early Christiani ...

the Christian Church was organized as an indefinite number of local Churches that in the initial years looked to that at Jerusalem as its main centre and point of reference.

, who was martyred around 62, is described as the first Bishop of Jerusalem. Roman persecutions following the Jewish revolts against Rome in the later 1st and 2nd centuries also affected the city's Christian community, and led to Jerusalem gradually being eclipsed in prominence by other sees, particularly those of

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth ( Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandr ...

, and

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. However, increased

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during and after the reign of

Constantine the Great Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterran ...

increased the fortunes of the see of Jerusalem, and in 325 the

First Council of Nicaea The First Council of Nicaea (; grc, Νίκαια ) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325. This ecumenical council was the first effor ...

attributed special honor, but not

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status (then the highest rank in the Church), to the bishop of Jerusalem. Jerusalem continued to be a bishopric until 451, when the

granted Jerusalem independence from the metropolitan of Antioch and from any other higher-ranking bishop, granted what is now known as

, in the council's seventh session whose "Decree on the Jurisdiction of Jerusalem and Antioch" contains: "the bishop of Jerusalem, or rather the most holy Church which is under him, shall have under his own power the three Palestines". This led to Jerusalem becoming a

ate, one of the five patriarchates known as the pentarchy, when the title of "patriarch" was created in 531 by

Justinian Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized '' renova ...

.The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, s.v. ''patriarch (ecclesiastical)'', also calls it "a title dating from the 6th century, for the bishops of the five great sees of Christendom". An
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions
says: "Five patriarchates, collectively called the pentarchy, were the first to be recognized by the legislation of the emperor Justinian (reigned 527–565)". After the

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conquest in the 7th century,

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abra ...

recognized Jerusalem as the seat of Christianity and the Patriarch as its leader. When the Great Schism took place in 1054 the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the other three Eastern Patriarchs formed the

, and the Patriarch of Rome (i.e. the

Pope The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

) formed the

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. In 1099 the

Crusaders The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were ...

appointed a Latin Patriarch. As a result, the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs lived in exile in

until 1187.

Current position

Today, the headquarters of the patriarchate is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The number of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the

is estimated to be about 200,000. A majority of Church members are Palestinian

Arabs The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

, and there are also a small number of

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and Georgians. The patriarchate was recently involved in a significant controversy. Patriarch Irenaios, elected in 2001, was deposed, on decisions of the

Holy Synod of Jerusalem The Holy Synod of Jerusalem is the senior ruling body of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher. The Synod consists of 18 members nominated by the Patriarch in a session of the Holy Synod itself. It ...

, in the aftermath of a scandal involving the sale of church land in East Jerusalem to

i investors. The move enraged many Eastern Orthodox Palestinian members, since the land was in an area that most Palestinians hoped would someday become part of a

Palestinian state Palestine ( ar, فلسطين, Filasṭīn), officially the State of Palestine ( ar, دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn, label=none), is a state located in Western Asia. Officially governed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (P ...

. On May 24, 2005 a special Pan-Orthodox

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was convened in

(

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) to review the decisions of the Holy Synod of Jerusalem. The Pan-Orthodox Synod under the presidency of the

Ecumenical Patriarch The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of the ...

Bartholomew I, voted overwhelmingly to confirm the decision of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre and to strike Irenaios' name from the

diptych A diptych (; from the Greek δίπτυχον, ''di'' "two" + '' ptychē'' "fold") is any object with two flat plates which form a pair, often attached by hinge. For example, the standard notebook and school exercise book of the ancient world w ...

s, and on May 30, Jerusalem's Holy Synod chose Metropolitan Cornelius of Petra to serve as

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pending the election of a replacement for Irenaios. On August 22, 2005, the Holy Synod of the Church of Jerusalem unanimously elected Theophilos, the former Archbishop of

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, as the 141st Patriarch of Jerusalem.

List of patriarchs

Resident in Jerusalem (451–1099)

The

in 451 raised the bishop of Jerusalem to the rank of

. (See Pentarchy) However,

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

politics meant that Jerusalem passed from the jurisdiction of Patriarch of Antioch to the

authorities in Constantinople. For centuries, Eastern Orthodox clergy, such as the

Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher The Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre ( el, Ιερά Αγιοταφιτική Αδελφότητα, ; Palestinian Arabic: ) or Holy Community of the All-Holy Sepulchre is an Eastern Orthodox monastic fraternity guarding the Church of the Holy ...

, dominated the Jerusalem church. *

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(451–458) * Anastasius I (458–478) * Martyrius (478–486) * Sallustius (486–494) * Elias I (494–516) * John III (516–524) * Peter (524–544) * Macarius II (544–552, 564–575) * Eustochius (552–564) * John IV (575–594) * Amos (594–601) *

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

(601–609) * Zacharias (609–632) * Modestus (632–634) * Sophronius I (634–638) **''vacant'' (638–681?/692) ***Patriarchal Vicar Stephen of Dora assisted by

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(after 649–?) * Anastasius II (681?/692–706) *

John V John V may refer to: * Patriarch John V of Alexandria or John the Merciful (died by 620), Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616 * John V of Constantinople, Patriarch from 669 to 675 * Pope John V (685–686), Pope from 685 to his death in 686 ...

(706–735) * Theodore (745–770) * Elias II (770–797) * George (797–807) * Thomas I (807–820) * Basileus (820–838) * John VI (838–842) * Sergius I (842–844) **''vacant'' (844–855) * Solomon (855–860) **''vacant'' (860–862) *

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(862–878) * Elias III (878–907) * Sergius II (908–911) * Leontius I (912–929) * Athanasius I (929–937) * Christodolus (937–950) * Agathon (950–964) * John VII (964–966) * Christodolus II (966–969) * Thomas II (969–978) **''vacant'' (978–980) * Joseph II (980–983) * Orestes (983–1005) **''vacant'' (1005–1012) * Theophilus I (1012–1020) * Nicephorus I (1020–???) * Joannichius (???–???) * Sophronius II (???–1084) * Euthemius I (1084) * Simeon II (1084–1106)

In exile (1099–1187)

As a result of the

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in 1099, a Latin Patriarchate was created, with residence in Jerusalem from 1099 to 1187. Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs continued to be appointed, but resided in Constantinople. * Savvas (1106–11??) * John VIII (11??–11??) * Nicolas (11??–11??) * John IX (1156–1166) * Nicephorus II (1166–1170) * Leontius II (1170–1190)

Resident in Jerusalem (from 1187)

In 1187, the Latin Patriarch was forced to flee the city of Jerusalem due to the muslim reconquest of Jerusalem. The office of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem remained and appointments continued to be made by the

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, with the Latin Patriarch residing in the Frankish-controlled Levant until 1374, and subsequently in Rome until modern times. The Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs at this period were. * Dositheos I (1187–1189) * Marcus II (1191–???) **''vacant'' (???–1223) * Euthemius II (1223) * Athanasius II (ca. 1231–1244) * Sophronius III (1236–???) *

Gregory I Gregory I may refer to: * Gregory the Illuminator (250s–330s), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church in 288–325 * Gregory of Nazianzus (329–390), Patriarch Gregory I of Constantinople, in office 379–381 * Pope Gregory I (540–604), i ...

(???–1298) * Thaddaeus (1298) **''vacant'' (1298–1313) * Athanasius III (1313–1314) **''vacant'' (1314–1322) * Gregory II (1322) **''vacant'' (1322–1334) * Lazarus (1334–1368) **''vacant'' (1368–1376) * Dorotheus I (1376–1417) * Theophilus II (1417–1424) * Theophanes I (1424–1431) *

Joachim Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

(1431–???) **''vacant'' (???–1450) * Theophanes II (1450) **''vacant'' (1450–1452) *Athanasius IV (1452–???) **''vacant'' (???–1460) *Jacob II (1460) **''vacant'' (1460–1468) *Abraham I (1468) *Gregory III (1468–1493) **''vacant'' (1493–1503) *Marcus III (1503) **''vacant'' (1503–1505) *Dorotheus II (1505–1537) *

Germanus Germanus or Germanos ( Greek) may refer to: People *Lucius Trebius Germanus, governor of Roman Britain around 126 *Germanus (died c. 290), possibly apocryphal martyr-saint tortured at the Pula Arena *Germanus (4th century), Spanish martyr-saint ...

(1537–1579) * Sophronius IV (1579–1608) *

Theophanes III Theophanes III of Jerusalem ( el, Θεοφάνης Γ΄ Ιεροσολύμων) was the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1608 to 1644. The early life of Patriarch Theophanes is largely unknown. As the successor to Sophronius IV, Theopha ...

(1608–1644) *Paiseus (1645–1660) * Nectarius I (1660–1669) *

Dositheos II Dositheus II Notaras of Jerusalem ( el, Δοσίθεος Β΄ Ἱεροσολύμων; Arachova 31 May 1641 – Constantinople 8 February 1707) was the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem between 1669 and 1707 and a theologian of the Eastern Ort ...

(1669–1707) * Chrysanthus (1707–1731) * Meletius (1731–1737) * Parthenius (1737–1766) *

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(1766–1771) * Sophronius V (1771–1775) * Abraham II (1775–1787) *

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(1787–1788) * Anthemus (1788–1808) *

Polycarpus Polycarp (; el, Πολύκαρπος, ''Polýkarpos''; la, Polycarpus; AD 69 155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the '' Martyrdom of Polycarp'', he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire fail ...

(1808–1827) * Athanasius V (1827–1845) * Cyril II (1845–1872) * Procopius II (1872–1875) * Hierotheus (1875–1882) * Nicodemus I (1883–1890) * Gerasimus I (1891–1897) * Damian I (1897–1931) * Timotheus I (1935–1955) **''vacant'' (1955–1957) * Benedict I (1957–1980) * Diodoros I (1980–2000) * Irenaios I (2000–2005) *

(2005–present)

Hierarchy of the throne

*Metropolitan of

Caesarea Caesarea () ( he, קֵיסָרְיָה, ), ''Keysariya'' or ''Qesarya'', often simplified to Keisarya, and Qaysaria, is an affluent town in north-central Israel, which inherits its name and much of its territory from the ancient city of Caesare ...

: Vasilios (Christos Blatsos) *Metropolitan of Scythopolis : Iakovos (George Kapenekas) *Metropolitan of

Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Ja ...

: Cornelios (Emmanuel Rodousakis) *Metropolitan of Ptolemais : Palladios (Vasilios Antoniou) *Metropolitan of Nazareth : Kyriakos (Andreas Georgopetris) *Metropolitan of Neapolis : Amvrosios (Nikolaos Antonopoulos) *Metropolitan of Capitolias : Isyhios (Elias Condogiannis) *Metropolitan of Botsra : Timotheos (Theodoros Margaritis) *Metropolitan of

Eleutheropolis Eleutheropolis (Greek, Ἐλευθερόπολις, "Free City"; ar, إليوثيروبوليس; in Hebrew, בית גוברין, Beit Gubrin) was a Roman and Byzantine city in Syria Palaestina, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem. After the Mu ...

: Christodoulos (Christos Saridakis) *Metropolitan of

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

: Benediktos (George Tsekouras) *Archbishop of Gerasa : Theophanis (Theodosios Hasapakis) *Archbishop of

Tiberias Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's F ...

: Alexios (Alexios Moschonas) *Archbishop of

Abila Abila, also spelled Abyla, may refer to: Places * Abila in the Decapolis, ancient city in the Levant * Abila Lysaniou, capital of ancient Abilene, northwest of present-day Damascus, Syria * Abila (Peraea), archaeological site in Jordan * ''Abil ...

: Dorotheos (Demetrios Leovaris) *Archbishop of Joppa : Damaskinos (Anastasios Gaganiaras) *Archbishop of

Constantina Flavia Valeria Constantina (also sometimes called ''Constantia'' and ''Constantiana''; el, Κωνσταντίνα; b. after 307/before 317 – d. 354), later known as Saint Constance, was the eldest daughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great ...

: Aristarchos (Antonios Peristeris) *Archbishop of

Mount Thabor Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee. In the Hebrew Bible (Joshua, Judges), Mount Tabor is the site of the Battle of Mount Tabor ...

: Methodios (Nikolaos Liveris) *Archbishop of

: Theophylactos (Theodosios Georgiadis) *Archbishop of Sebastia : Theodosios (Nizar Hanna) *Archbishop of Askalon : Nicephoros (Nikolaos Baltadgis) *Archbishop of Diocaesarea : Vacant

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