Friday, November 6, 2026
Julian: October 24
Tone 5
Fasting day
St Paul the Confessor of Constantinople
The Orthodox Church is a communion of local Churches, each governed by its own synod and in full communion with the others. They are listed here in the order of the diptychs of Constantinople.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
See: Constantinople (Istanbul)
Revised Julian (New) calendar
Pope and Patriarch Theodore II
See: Alexandria
Revised Julian (New) calendar
Patriarch John X
See: Antioch (Damascus)
Revised Julian (New) calendar
Patriarch Theophilos III
See: Jerusalem
Julian (Old) calendar
Patriarch Kirill
See: Moscow
Julian (Old) calendar
Patriarch Porfirije
See: Belgrade
Julian (Old) calendar
Patriarch Daniel
See: Bucharest
Revised Julian (New) calendar
Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III
See: Mtskheta and Tbilisi
Julian (Old) calendar
Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania
See: Tirana
Revised Julian (New) calendar
Metropolitan Rastislav
See: Prague and Prešov
Both calendars, by parish
Some Churches are recognized by part of the communion only. For each, we note who recognizes it.
Metropolitan Tikhon
See: Washington
Revised Julian (New) calendar
Recognized by some of the local ChurchesRecognized as autocephalous by Moscow (which granted the tomos in 1970), Georgia, Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Lands and Slovakia. The other Churches are in full communion with it without recognizing its autocephaly.
Archbishop Stefan of Ohrid and Macedonia
See: Skopje and Ohrid
Julian (Old) calendar
Recognized by some of the local ChurchesAutocephaly granted by the Serbian Church (tomos of June 2022) and recognized by Moscow, Antioch, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Albania, Georgia and the Czech Lands and Slovakia. Constantinople restored communion in May 2022 but has not recognized the autocephaly; Greece and the OCA recognize its canonicity.
Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine
See: Kiev
Julian (Old) calendar
Recognized by some of the local ChurchesRecognized as the canonical Church of Ukraine by the Serbian Church and most local Churches. Constantinople, Alexandria, Greece and Cyprus recognize the Orthodox Church of Ukraine instead.
Metropolitan Epiphanius
See: Kiev
Revised Julian (New) calendar
Not recognized by this siteRecognized by Constantinople (Tomos of January 2019), Alexandria, Greece and Cyprus.
In the United States and Canada, the faithful of the local Churches are organized in overlapping jurisdictions, gathered in the Assemblies of Canonical Orthodox Bishops.