English-Finnish translations for patriarchate

• patriarkaatti
  Ekumeeninen patriarkaatti on purjehtinut vuosisatojen aaltojen läpi ja luotsannut aluksensa halki historian myrskyjen ja vaikeuksien. The Ecumenical Patriarchate has sailed across the waves of these centuries, navigating the storms and the doldrums of history.
  Instituutiona ekumeeninen patriarkaatti on elänyt vuosisatojen ajan suhteellisen pienenä ekosysteeminä paljon suuremman kulttuurin keskellä. As an institution, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has lived as a relatively small ecosystem within a much larger culture for centuries.
  Kuten kaikki tietävät, ekumeeninen patriarkaatti on jo monen vuosisadan ajan tukenut erittäin aktiivisesti ortodoksisten maiden kulttuuria ja hengellistä elämää. As everyone knows, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has, for many centuries, been highly active in fostering the cultural and spiritual progress of orthodox nations.

Definition of patriarchate

• The term of office of a Christian patriarch
• The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch
• The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff

Examples

• The patriarchate of Pope John Paul II as Patriarch of the West was more than 25 years.
• The Patriarchate of Constantinople has primacy over the whole of the Orthodox world.
• The Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem is, by modern standards, a very cramped space.

Related words

• patriarchal
• heteropatriarchal
• antipatriarchal
• patriarchal church
• Ecumenical Patriarchate