The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the sixteen autocephalousEastern 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:
... by a consortium of European nations formed in 1983.
The initial members were the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
In 1985 France withdrew in favour of ...