The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople today faces a contradictory situation. Being the first Church within the communion of Orthodox Churches for centuries, the ecclesiastical institution has lost most of its territory and members over the course of the 20th century…
“The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: Power and Geopolitics” in Sebastian Rimestad & Vasilios N. Makrides (eds), Coping with Change. Orthodox Christian Dynamics between Tradition, Innovation and Realpolitik, Peter Lang, Berlin, 2020, 173-187
Nicolas Kazarian, Ph.D. 