Is the OO headed by a Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch, or something of that sort?
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RhetorTheo said:Is the OO headed by a Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch, or something of that sort?
The Alexandrian Pope has the place of highest honor among the Eritrean and Ethiopean Patriarchs because the foundation of the Eritrean and Ethiopean orthodox churches return to the Church of Alexandria so they belong to St. Mark see , but the Alexandrian pope is equal to the other Oriental Orthodox Patriarches .RhetorTheo said:Do you mean that the Alexandrian Patriarch has the place of highest honor among the Patriarchs?
zhilan said:Oh, actually I had a question about this the other day. If the EO and OO come back into communion with each other, then will there need to be any reshuffling of patriachs or are there the same amount of patriachs as at the time of the schism so they everyone would just retake their original place? The reason I'm wondering is becuase I'm sure there are some EO in OO areas and visa-versa so wouldn't each church need to have added patriarchs for those areas?
Thanks!
copticorthodoxy said:For every Oriental Orthodox church there is a Patriarch , The Church of Alexandria ( Coptic Orthodox ) has a pope who have the honor place on the Ethiopean and Eritrean Churches but for each of them there is their own Patriarch , The Antioach Syrian Orthodox church has a Patriarch , The Armenian Church has Two Catholicose ( sort of Patriarch ) , and the indian Orthodox also
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III Pope of Alexandria and all St. Mark see
His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
Patriarch of Antioch and all the East
and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church
His Beatitude Catholicos Aram I Keshishian
Catholicos of Cilicia, Armenian Orthodox Church
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
domi said:I knew the pope of the coptic church...I'm proud, but everything else i got lost. YAY ME! lol
I like this pope..he has color in his waredrope lol unless our presits at our church has elimated any color at all..great guy..needs a makeover lol.
I know there are six OO Churches. How does communion between the 6 work. I mean by this how do the Autocephalous churches form one church/communion?