Eastern Orthodox Churches
- Constantinople – Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991–present)
- Albania – Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania (1992–present)
- Bulgaria – Maxim, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1971–present)
- Cyprus – Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977–2006)
- Georgia – Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1977–present)
- Greece – Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998–2008)
- Jerusalem – Diodorus, Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1981–2000)
- North America – Theodosius (Lazor), Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1977–2002)
- Poland – Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998–present)
- Romania – Teoctist I, Patriarch of All Romania (1986–2007)
- Russia – Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990–present)
- Serbia – Pavle of Serbia, Patriarch of the Serbs (1990–present)
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