Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the WCC

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The Permanent Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is located at the Headquarters of the Word Council of Churches in Geneva since 1955.

Geschichte

Almost since the foundation of the World Council of Churches (1948), there has been a Permanent Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate located at the Headquarters of the WCC in Geneva. The office was established in 1955 as a sign of continuous interest and co-operation with the WCC and the Ecumenical Movement on the part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

The Ecu­meni­cal Patri­ar­chate of Constanti­nople is the spir­itual centre of the world-wide Ortho­dox Church and the Patri­arch of Constanti­nople is con­sidered the highest au­thor­ity within the East­ern Ortho­dox Church. Since the sixth cen­tury, he has borne the title of Arch­bishop of Constanti­nople and New Rome, and Ecu­meni­cal Patri­arch. As the «primus inter pares» (first among equals) bishop of the Ortho­dox Church, the Ecu­menical Patri­arch under­takes vari­ous Pan-Ortho­dox ini­ti­at­ives, and co­ordin­ates re­la­tions within the Ortho­dox Communion, as well as re­la­tions between all the Ortho­dox and other Chris­tian Churches and World Religions.