List of current patriarchs
List of current heads of the Eastern Churches
A comprehensive overview of all the Eastern Churches found in the article pre-Reformation churches.
- 3.1 Patriarchialkirchen
- 3.2 Großerzbischöfliche churches
- 3.3 Metro Political Churches
Ancient Oriental churches
- Assyrian Church of the East: Mar Dinkha IV since 1976 Indian Metropolia of the Church of the East ( " Chaldean Syrian Church of the East" ): Mar Aprem Mooken since 1968
- Coptic Church: Pope Tawadros II Since 2013, Head Office: Cairo
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Patriarch Mathias Since 2013, Headquarters: Addis Ababa
- Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Patriarch Dioscorus since 2007, Head Office: Asmara
- Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch Patriarch Ignatius II Aphram Karim since 2014 Office: Mor Ephrem Seminary in Ma'arat Sayyidnaya in Damascus Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, Catholicos Baselios Thomas I. since July 26, 2002
- Armenian Apostolic Church Catholicossate " All Armenians " in Echmiadzin: Catholicos Karekin II Nersissian since 27 October 1999 Office: Echmiadzin, Armenia
- Catholicos of Cilicia: Catholicos Aram I, since 1 July 1995 Headquarters: Antelias, Lebanon
Orthodox churches
Autocephalous churches
Five main Patriarchates are in Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople Opel, Jerusalem and Rome. These were the most important Christian bishoprics in the 6th century. Konstantin Opel is a special meaning to ( honorary primacy within the Orthodox Church hierarchy) as the center of Eastern Christianity. However, the position of a Patriarches is not comparable with that of the Pope, who has recently (2006) need for the additional honorary title Patriarch of the West. The seat of the Patriarch of Antioch is located in Damascus. Currently, there are nine Orthodox patriarchates. The patriarchs are the respective churches, they exercise jurisdiction, and shall be elected by the bishops.
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Opel: Bartholomew since 2 November 1991 Headquarters: Istanbul
- Patriarchate of Alexandria Theodoros II since October 9, 2004, seats: Alexandria
- Patriarchate of Antioch: Yuhanna X. since 23 December 2012 Head Office: Damascus
- Patriarchate of Jerusalem Theophilos III. since 22 August 2005 Office: Jerusalem
A Neupatriarchat there are in Moscow (since 11th century, it was in the Soviet Union continued ).
- Russian Orthodox Church Kirill I, since February 1, 2009 Headquarters: Moscow.
Canonical churches, that is, recognized by one or more are the main Patriarchates:
- Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II since 23 December 1977 Head Office: Tbilisi
- Serbian Orthodox Church: IRINEJ since January 23, 2010 Office: Belgrade
- Romanian Orthodox Church: Daniel since 12 September 2007 Headquarters: Bucharest
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Neophyte since February 24, 2013 Office: Sofia
- Cypriot Orthodox Church: Chrysostomos II since 12 November 2006 Office: Nicosia
- Greek Orthodox Church: Ieronymos II since 16 February 2008 Headquarters: Athens
- Albanian Orthodox Church: Anastasios since 24 June 1992 Head Office: Tirana
- Polish Orthodox Church: Sabas since 1998, seat: Warsaw
- Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church: Krystof since May 2, 2006
- Orthodox Church in America: Tikhon since 2012
Autonomous churches
- Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai: Damianos since 1973
- Orthodox Church of Finland: Leo since October 25, 2001
- Orthodox Church in Japan: Daniel since 2000
- Estonian Orthodox Church Ecumenical Patriarchate: Stephan since March 16, 1999
- Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate: Corneilder since 1990
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate: Vladimir since 1992
- Latvian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate: Alexander since July 23, 1989
- Belarusian Orthodox Church Filaret since 1978
- Orthodox Church of Bessarabia: Petru since 1992
- Moldovan Orthodox Church - Patriarchate of Moscow: Vladimir since 1989
- Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: Hilarion since 2008
Noncanonical churches
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate: Filaret II since October 1995
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church: Moïse since 2005
- Macedonian autocephalous Church: Stephan since October 10, 1999
- Montenegrin Orthodox Church: Mihailo since January 6, 1997
- Belarusian Autocephalous Church: Iziaslau since May 1984
- Altritual - Russian Orthodox Church: Corneille since October 18, 2005
- Altritual Orthodox Church Lipowas: Leonce since October 24, 1996
- Altorthodoxe Russian Church: Alexander since 2000
- Abkhazian Orthodox Church: Bessarion Apliaa since 2008
- French Orthodox Church: Germain
- Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate: Baba Eftim IV since 2002
Catholic Eastern Churches
Currently, there are seven Catholic Patriarchs of the Eastern Churches. They are elected by the bishops of the church member and confirmed by the Pope.
Patriarchialkirchen
- The Maronite Church: Béchara Pierre Raï since March 15, 2011, Headquarters: Bkerke
- Coptic Catholic Church: Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak since January 18th, 2013
- Armenian Catholic Church: Nerses Bedros XIX. Tarmouni since October 7, 1999 Office: Bzommar, Lebanon
- Syriac Catholic Church: Ignatius Joseph III. Younan since January 21, 2009 Office: Damascus
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Gregory III. Laham since 2000 Office: Damascus
- Chaldean Catholic Church: Emmanuel III. Karim Delly since 3 December 2003 Head Office: Baghdad
Großerzbischöfliche churches
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, March 25, 2011 Office: Kiev
- Syro - Malabar Church: George Alencherry since 2011
- Syro - Malankara Catholic Church: Isaac Cleemis Thottunkal since 2007
- Romanian Greek-Catholic Church: Lucian Mureşan since 1994
Metro Political Churches
- Ruthenian - Byzantine Catholic Church: Milan Sásik since March 17th, 2010
- Ethiopian Catholic Church: Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel since 1999
- Slovak Greek Catholic Church: Ján Babjak since 2002
Other Oriental Churches
- Mar Thoma Church: Joseph Mar Thoma since 2007
- Independent Syrian Church of Malabar: Cyril Mar Basil I. since May 2001
- Eastern Churches
- List ( people of Catholicism )
- List ( people of Orthodoxy )