The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOArch), headquartered in New York City, is an eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Its current primate is Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.
Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Philoptochos of Merrick, New York
Bartholomew is the 270th Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title, he is regarded as the primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and as a spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide.
United States President Barack Obama meets with Bartholomew
Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Bartholomew with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, 3 November 2018