Patriarch facts for kids
A patriarch was the head of an extended family, originally.
Today, the word is mostly taken to have a meaning within Christianity. There, the word is used to refer to the highest-ranking Bishops of the respective churches, that is the Oriental Orthodox Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East
Images for kids
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Map of Justinian's Pentarchy
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Patriarch of Alexandria Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak. wearing a distinctive clothing of a patriarch
See also
In Spanish: Patriarca para niños
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