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Orthodox Church of Constantinople
The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the sixteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, and has the status of "first among equals" in the Orthodox world.
The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is divided into 5 archdioceses and 20 metropolitanates:
- Archdiocese of Constantinople
- Archdiocese of Crete
- Archdiocese of America
- Archdiocese of Australia
- Archdiocese of Great Britain
- Metropolitanate of Chalcedon
- Metropolitanate of Imbros and Tenedos[?]
- Metropolitanate of the Prince's Islands
- Metropolitanate of Derkos[?]
- Metropolitanate of Rhodes
- Metropolitanate of Kos
- Metropolitanate of Karpathos[?] and Kasos[?]
- Metropolitanate of Leros[?], Kalymnos[?] and Astypalaia[?]
- Metropolitanate of France
- Metropolitanate of Germany
- Metropolitanate of Austria
- Metropolitanate of Belgium
- Metropolitanate of Scandinavia
- Metropolitanate of New Zealand
- Metropolitanate of Switzerland
- Metropolitanate of Italy
- Metropolitanate of Canada
- Metropolitanate of Argentina
- Metropolitanate of Central America
- Metropolitanate of Hong Kong
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