{"id":1970,"date":"2025-06-14T06:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccreadbible.net\/stpaul\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:00:14","slug":"the-ecumenical-patriarchate-of-constantinople","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccreadbible.net\/stpaul\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/the-ecumenical-patriarchate-of-constantinople\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1970\" class=\"elementor elementor-1970\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4baee64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4baee64\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f895e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4f895e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Symbol of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, as found atop the front entrance of the&nbsp;Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George.<\/p>\n<p>OIK has the meaning of &#8220;house of God&#8221;<br><br><strong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"224\">Double-headed eagle<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"228\">\nThis is traditionally a symbol of the Byzantine Empire and later adopted by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Russian Empire. 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