'''''Patriarch''''' is the specific title given to the [[primate]] of certain of the [[autocephalous]] [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Churches]]es. The term ''patriarch'' may also refer to certain of the [[Old Testament]] fathers of the Jewish nation, such as [[Abraham]], [[Isaac]], [[Jacob]] and [[Joseph]].

==See also ==*[[Bishop]] and *[[Primate]].

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