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The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is presided over by His All-Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]], Archbishop of Constantinople and is comprised of XX Metropolitans.
== Places of Pilgrimage ==
Some sites of pilgrimage are no longer owned by the Church nor function as orthodox centres but are historically connected and of great significance to Orthodoxy.
* [[Church of St Sophia]]
* [[Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinople)]]
== Peculiar prerogatives of the patriarchate ==
