List of Religious Leaders in 2002 - Eastern Orthodox Churches

Eastern Orthodox Churches

  • Constantinople – Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991–present)
  • Albania – Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania (1992–present)
  • Alexandria – Peter VII, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria (1997–2004)
  • Antioch – Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch (1979–present)
  • Bulgaria – Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1971–present)
  • Cyprus – Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977–2006)
  • Czechia and Slovakia – Nicholas, Metropolitan of All Czechia and Slovakia (2000–present)
  • Georgia – Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1977–present)
  • Greece – Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998–present)
  • Jerusalem – Irinaios I, Patriarch of Jerusalem (2001–2005)
  • North America – Herman (Swaiko), Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002–present)
  • 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)

The following do not currently have canonical standing (legal recognition) in Orthodoxy world-wide:

  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate – Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko)
  • Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – Metropolitan Mefodiy (Kudryakov)
  • Russian True Orthodox Church – Metropolitan Vyacheslav (Lisovoy)

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