List of current leaders of the Eastern Churches

List of current leaders of the Eastern Churches

The article Pre-Reformation Churches offers a comprehensive overview of all Eastern Churches .

Ancient oriental churches

• Assyrian Church of the East : Mar Gewargis III. Sliwa since 2015
  • Indian Metropolis of the Church of the East ("Chaldean-Syrian Church of the East"): Mar Aprem Mooken since 1968
• Old Church of the East (old calendar): Mar Addai II. Since 1972, seat: Baghdad

• Coptic Church : Pope Tawadros II. Since 2013, seat: Cairo
• Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church : Patriarch Mathias since 2013, seat: Addis Ababa
• Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church : Patriarch Dioskoros since 2007, seat: Asmara

• Syrian Orthodox Church : Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II. Karim since 2014, seat: Mor Ephrem Seminary in Ma'arat Sayyidnaya near Damascus
  • Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church : Catholicos Baselios Thomas I. since July 26, 2002
• Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ("Indian Orthodox Church"): Baselios Marthoma Paulose II. Since November 1, 2010
• Syrian Orthodox Church of Europe : Mor Severius Moses since 2009

• Armenian Apostolic Church
  • Catholic "All Armenians" in Etschmiadzin : Catholicos Karekin II. Nersissian since October 27, 1999, seat: Etschmiadzin, Armenia
  • Catholic of Cilicia : Catholicos Aram I. since July 1, 1995, seat: Antelias , Lebanon

Orthodox churches

Autocephalous churches

Five main patriarchates are in Alexandria , Antioch , Constantinople , Jerusalem and Rome . These were the most important Christian dioceses in the 6th century. As the center of Eastern Christianity, Constantinople is of particular importance (honorary primacy within the Orthodox church hierarchy). The position of a patriarch is not comparable to that of the Pope , who recently (2006) renounced the additional honorary title of Patriarch of the West. The seat of the Patriarch of Antioch is in Damascus. There are currently nine Orthodox patriarchates. The patriarchs preside over the respective churches, they exercise jurisdiction and are elected by the bishops.

• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople : Bartholomew I since November 2, 1991, seat: Istanbul
• Patriarchate of Alexandria : Theodoros II. Since October 9, 2004, seat: Alexandria
• Patriarchate of Antioch : Joan X. since December 23, 2012, seat: Damascus
• Patriarchate of Jerusalem : Theophilus III. since August 22, 2005, seat: Jerusalem

There is a new patriarchy in Moscow: (since the 11th century, it also existed in the Soviet Union).

• Russian Orthodox Church : Kyrill I since February 1, 2009, seat: Moscow

Canonical churches, d. H. recognized by one or more of the main patriarchates are:

• Georgian Orthodox Church : Ilia II. Since December 23, 1977, seat: Tbilisi
• Serbian Orthodox Church : Irinej since January 23, 2010, seat: Belgrade
• Romanian Orthodox Church : Daniel since September 12, 2007, seat: Bucharest
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church : Neofit since February 24, 2013, seat: Sofia
• Cypriot Orthodox Church : Chrysostomus II. Since November 12, 2006, seat: Nicosia
• Greek Orthodox Church : Ieronymos II. Since February 16, 2008, seat: Athens
• Albanian Orthodox Church : Anastasios since June 24, 1992, seat: Tirana
• Polish Orthodox Church : Sawa since 1998, seat: Warsaw
• Orthodox Church of Ukraine : Epiphanius since 2018, seat: Kiev
• Czech and Slovak Orthodox Churches : Rastislav 2014
• Orthodox Church in America : Tikhon since 2012 (only recognized by Moscow)

Autonomous Churches

• Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai : Damianos since 1973
• Orthodox Church of Finland : Leo since October 25, 2001
• Orthodox Church in Japan : Daniel since 2000
• Estonian Orthodox Church Ecumenical Patriarchate : Stephan since March 16, 1999
• Estonian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate : Yevgeny since June 3, 2018
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate : Onufrij since 2014
• Latvian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate : Alexander since July 23, 1989
• Belarusian Orthodox Church : Pavel since 2013
• Orthodox Church of Bessarabia : Petru since 1992
• Moldovan Orthodox Church - Patriarchate of Moscow: Vladimir since 1989
• Russian Orthodox Church Abroad : Hilarion since 2008

Non-canonical churches

• Macedonian Autocephalous Church : Stephan since October 10, 1999
• Montenegrin Orthodox Church : Mihailo since January 6, 1997
• Belarusian Autocephalous Church : Iziaslau since May 1984
• Old Ritual Russian Orthodox Church : Corneille since October 18, 2005
• Old Ritual Orthodox Church in Lipova : Leonce since October 24, 1996
• Old Orthodox Russian Church : Alexander since 2000
• Abkhazian Orthodox Church : Bessarion Apliaa since 2008
• French Orthodox Church : Germain
• Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate : Baba Eftim IV. Since 2002

Eastern Catholic Churches

There are currently seven Catholic Patriarchs of the Eastern Churches. They are elected by the bishops of the member church and confirmed by the Pope.

Patriarchal Churches

• Maronite Church : Béchara Pierre Raï since March 15, 2011, seat: Bkerke
• Coptic Catholic Church : Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak since January 18, 2013
• Armenian Catholic Church : Grégoire Bedros XX. Ghabroyan since July 25, 2015 Headquarters: Bzommar , Lebanon
• Syrian Catholic Church : Ignatius Joseph III. Younan since January 21, 2009 Location: Damascus
• Melkite Greek Catholic Church : Joseph I. since 2017 Seat: Damascus
• Chaldean Catholic Church : Louis Raphaël I. Sako since February 1, 2013, seat: Baghdad

Grand Archbishop Churches

• Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church : Svyatoslaw Shevchuk since March 25, 2011, seat: Kiev
• Syro-Malabar Church : George Alencherry since 2011
• Syro-Malankara Catholic Church : Isaac Cleemis Thottunkal since 2007
• Romanian Greek Catholic Church : Lucian Mureșan since 1994

Metropolitan Churches

• Ruthenian-Byzantine-Catholic Church : Sedis vacancy since 2020
• Ethiopian Catholic Church : Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel since 1999
• Slovak Greek Catholic Church : Ján Babjak since 2002
• Eritrean Catholic Church : Menghisteab Tesfamariam since 2015

Other oriental churches

• Mar Thoma Church : Joseph Mar Thoma since 2007
• Independent Syrian Church of Malabar : Cyril Mar Basil I since May 2001