Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
Saint Bartholomew (right) with Saint John, by Dosso Dossi
Apostle, Martyr
Born	1st century AD Iudaea (Palaestina)
Died	1st century AD Armenia. Flayed and then crucified
Honored in	Assyrian Church of the East Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Islam (named in Muslim exegesis as one of the disciples)
Major shrine	Saint Bartholomew Monastery in historical Armenia, Relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, the Canterbury Cathedral, the Cathedral in Frankfurt, and the San Bartolomeo Cathedral in Lipari
Feast	August 24 (Western Christianity) June 11 (Eastern Christianity)
Attributes	Knife, His flayed skin
Patronage	Armenia; bookbinders; butchers; Florentine cheese and salt merchants; Gambatesa, Italy; Għargħur, Malta; leather workers; neurological diseases; plasterers; shoemakers; curriers; tanners; trappers; twitching; whiteners

Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and is usually identified as Nathaniel (alternate spelling: Nathanael)^[1] (mentioned in the first chapter of John's Gospel). He was introduced to Christ through St. Philip, another of the twelve apostles as per (John 1:43-51), where the name Nathaniel first appears. He is also mentioned as “Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee” in (John 21:2). The account of the calling of Nathaniel of Cana occurs at the end of John 1, immediately followed by the account of Jesus' miracle at the Marriage at Cana in John 2. The name Nathaniel is the one used for him in St. John’s Gospel. The relationship between St. Philip and Nathaniel is noted as per John 1:43-51. Bartholomew (Greek: Βαρθολομαίος, transliterated "Bartholomaios") comes from the Aramaic bar-Tôlmay (תולמי‎‎‎‎‎-בר‎‎), meaning son of Tolmay (Ptolemy) or son of the furrows (perhaps a ploughman).

According to the Synaxarium of the Coptic Orthodox Church [The Church of Alexandria, the ancient Church of Egypt, one of the Oldest in Christianity], his martyrdom is commemorated on the 1st day of the Coptic Calendar (1st day of the month of "Thout"), which currently falls on September 11 [this corresponds to August 29 in the Gregorian Calendar, due to the current 13 day offset between the Julian and Gregorian Calendars]. The festival in August has been a traditional occasion for markets and fairs, such as the Bartholomew Fair held in Smithfield, London since the Middle Ages that served as the scene for Ben Jonson's homonymous comedy.

New Testament references[link]

In the East, where Bartholomew's evangelical labours were expended, he was identified as Nathanael, in works by Abdisho bar Berika (often known as Ebedjesu in the West), the 14th century Nestorian metropolitan of Soba, and Elias, the bishop of Damascus.^[2] Nathanael is mentioned only in the Gospel according to John. In the Synoptic gospels, Philip and Bartholomew are always mentioned together, while Nathanael is never mentioned; in John's gospel, on the other hand, Philip and Nathanael are similarly mentioned together. Giuseppe Simone Assemani specifically remarks, "the Chaldeans confound Bartholomew with Nathaniel".^[3] Some Biblical scholars reject this identification, however.^[4]

As Bartholomew[link]

Bartholomew is listed among the Twelve Apostles of Christ in the three Synoptic gospels: Matthew,^[10:1-4] Mark,^[3:13-19] and Luke,^[6:12-16] and also appears as one of the witnesses of the Ascension,^{[Acts 1:4,12,13]}; however each time he is named in the company of Philip. He is not mentioned in John. Nor are there any early acta,^[5] the earliest being written by a pseudepigraphical writer who assumed the identity of Abdias of Babylon and is called "the pseudo-Abdias".^[6]

As Nathanael[link]

In the Gospel of John,^[1:45-51] Nathanael is introduced as a friend of Philip. He is described as initially being skeptical about the Messiah coming from Nazareth, saying: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?", but nonetheless, follows Philip's invitation. Jesus immediately characterizes him as "Here is a man in whom there is no deception." Some scholars hold that Jesus' quote "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you", is based on a Jewish figure of speech referring to studying the Torah. Nathanael recognizes Jesus as "the Son of God" and "the King of Israel". Nathanael reappears at the end of John's gospel^[21:2] as one of the disciples to whom Jesus appeared at the Sea of Galilee after the Resurrection.

Tradition[link]

The Saint Bartholomew Monastery at the site of the Apostle's martyrdom in historical Armenia

Eusebius of Caesarea's Ecclesiastical History (v §10) states that after the Ascension, Bartholomew went on a missionary tour to India, where he left behind a copy of the Gospel of Matthew. Other traditions record him as serving as a missionary in Ethiopia, Mesopotamia, Parthia, and Lycaonia.^[7]

Along with his fellow apostle Jude, Bartholomew is reputed to have brought Christianity to Armenia in the 1st century. Thus both saints are considered the patron saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

He is said to have been martyred in Albanopolis in Armenia. According to one account, he was beheaded, but a more popular tradition holds that he was flayed alive and crucified, head downward. He is said to have converted Polymius, the king of Armenia, to Christianity. Astyages, Polymius' brother, consequently ordered Bartholomew's execution.^[8]

The 13th century Saint Bartholomew Monastery was a prominent Armenian monastery constructed at the site of the martyrdom of Apostle Bartholomew in the Vaspurakan Province of Greater Armenia (now in southeastern Turkey).^[9]

Mission in India[link]

Two ancient testimonies exist about the mission of Saint Bartholomew in India. These are of Eusebius of Caesarea (early 4th century) and of Saint Jerome (late 4th century). Both these refer to this tradition while speaking of the reported visit of Pantaenus to India in the 2nd century.^[10]

The studies of Fr A.C Perumalil SJ and Moraes hold that the Bombay region on the Konkan coast, a region which may have been known as the ancient city Kalyan, was the field of Saint Bartholomew's missionary activities.^[10]

Bartholomew's relics[link]

The 6th-century writer in Constantinople, Theodorus Lector, averred that in about 507 Emperor Anastasius gave the body of Bartholomew to the city of Dura-Europos, which he had recently re-founded.^[11] The existence of relics at Lipari, a small island off the coast of Sicily, in the part of Italy controlled from Constantinople, was explained by Gregory of Tours^[12] by his body having miraculously washed up there: a large piece of his skin and many bones that were kept in the Cathedral of St Bartholomew the Apostle, Lipari, were translated to Beneventum in 803, and to Rome in 983 by Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, conserved at the basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola. In time, the church there inherited an old pagan medical centre. This association with medicine in course of time caused Bartholomew's name to become associated with medicine and hospitals.^[13] Some of Bartholomew's skull was transferred to the Frankfurt Cathedral, while an arm is venerated in Canterbury Cathedral today.

Miracles[link]

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The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Of the many miracles performed by Bartholomew before and after his death, two very popular ones are known by the townsfolk of the small island of Lipari.

The people of Lipari celebrated his feast day annually. The tradition of the people was to take the solid silver and gold statue from inside the Cathedral of St Bartholomew and carry it through the town. On one occasion, when taking the statue down the hill towards the town, it suddenly got very heavy and had to be set down. When the men carrying the statue regained their strength they lifted it a second time. After another few seconds, it got even heavier. They set it down and attempted once more to pick it up. They managed to lift it but had to put it down one last time. Within seconds, walls further downhill collapsed. If the statue had been able to be lifted, all the towns people would have been killed.

During World War II, the Fascist regime (German/Italian) looked for ways to finance their activities. The order was given to take the silver statue of St Bartholomew and melt it down. The statue was weighed, and it was found to be only a few grams. It was returned to its place in the Cathedral of Lipari. In reality, the statue is made from many kilograms of silver and it is considered a miracle that it was not melted down.

St Bartholomew is credited with many other miracles having to do with the weight of objects.

In Islamic literature[link]

Muslims accept Jesus as a prophet of Islam. The Qur'an also speaks of Jesus's disciples but does not mention their names, instead referring to them as "helpers to the work of God".^[14] Muslim exegesis and Qur'an commentary, however, names them and includes Bartholomew amongst the disciples.^[15]

Art and literature[link]

St Bartholomew displaying his flayed skin in Michelangelo's The Last Judgment.

Statue of St. Bartholomew, with his own skin, by Marco d'Agrate, 1562 (Duomo di Milano)

Christian tradition has three stories about Bartholomew's death: "One speaks of his being kidnapped, beaten unconscious, and cast into the sea to drown. Another account states that he was crucified upside down, and another says that he was skinned alive and beheaded in Albac or Albanopolis",^[16] near Bashkale, Turkey.

The account of Bartholomew being skinned alive is the most represented in works of art, and consequently Bartholomew is often shown with a large knife, holding his own skin (as in Michelangelo's Last Judgment), or both. Bartholomew is also the patron saint of tanners.

Bartholomew plays a part in Francis Bacon's Utopian tale New Atlantis, about a mythical isolated land Bensalem populated by a people dedicated to reason and natural philosophy. Some twenty years after the ascension of Christ the people of Bensalem found an ark floating off their shore. The ark contained a letter as well as the books of the Old and New Testaments. The letter was from Bartholomew the Apostle and declared that an angel told him to set the ark and its contents afloat. Thus the scientists of Bensalem received the revelation of the Word of God.^[17]

See also[link]

Saints portal

• St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
• St Bartholomew's Hospital

References[link]

Other sources[link]

• Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
• Encyclopedia Anglicana, 1911
• Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Oxford University Press, 1996
• Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-14-051312-4.
• The Apostles In India by Fr A.C Perumalil SJ 1952

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bartholomew the Apostle

• The Life, Miracles and Martyrdom of St Bartholomew the Apostle of Jesus Christ
• The Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Bartholomew, attributed to Pseudo-Abdias, one of the minor Church Fathers
• St. Bartholomew's mission in India
• St. Bartholomew's Connections in India
•  "St. Bartholomew". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bartholomew, Saint". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
• St. Bartholomew page at Christian Iconography
• "The Life of St. Bartholomew the Apostle" in the Caxton translation of the Golden Legend

Dave Bartholomew
Bartholomew in 1977
Background information
Born	(1920-12-24) December 24, 1920 (age 91) Edgard, Louisiana United States
Genres	Rhythm and blues, big band, swing, rock and roll, New Orleans jazz, Dixieland
Occupations	Musician, bandleader, composer, arranger
Instruments	Trumpet, tuba
Years active	1947 -
Labels	Imperial, De Luxe
Associated acts	Fats Domino

Dave Bartholomew (born December 24, 1920, Edgard, Louisiana) is a musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. His band consisted of himself, drummers Terces LaBune and Randy Quinson and guitarists Larry Sands and Samuel Kane.

Overview[link]

Bartholomew has been active in many musical genres, including rhythm and blues, big band, swing music, rock and roll, New Orleans jazz and Dixieland. Although many musicians have recorded Bartholomew's songs, his partnership with Fats Domino produced some of his greatest successes. In the mid 1950s they wrote more than forty hits for Imperial Records, including two songs that reached Number One on the Billboard R&B chart "Goin' Home" and "Ain't That a Shame".^[1] He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.^[2]

Career[link]

He first learned to play the tuba but the trumpet later became his main instrument. His professional career began in New Orleans, when he put together a group that included Alvin 'Red' Tyler, Earl Palmer and Lee Allen.

He began recording in 1947 for De Luxe Records, but the company folded and he received little recognition. In 1949, however, he began working with Lew Chudd's Imperial Records as an arranger, bandleader and talent scout. He produced hits from Earl King, Tommy Ridgley, Robert Parker, Frankie Ford, Chris Kenner, Smiley Lewis, Shirley & Lee and Fats Domino, among others. He was responsible for the arrangements on the Fats Domino hits in the 1950s including the best seller "Blueberry Hill". He left Imperial in the mid-1960s and moved between several labels, including his own Broadmoor Records (named for his neighborhood of New Orleans, Broadmoor).^[3]

Dave Bartholomew was featured as a stellar musician on the Southern Stars poster created by Dianna Chenevert to help promote him and historically document his contribution to the music industry. An article about the poster appeared on the front page of the Life section in the October 12, 1983 issue of USA Today, which provided additional nationwide attention.

As of 2009 he is still involved in the music business and releasing recordings of his own. He also plays traditional jazz trumpet at Preservation Hall, despite his millionaire status.

Legacy[link]

Bartholomew helped develop and define the New Orleans sound which was so influential in the 1950s. He was key in the transition from jump blues and big band swing to rhythm and blues and rock and roll.^[3]

Bartholomew and Domino co-wrote many songs that were hits, including "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm in Love Again" "Blue Monday" and "I'm Walkin'".

His "I Hear You Knocking" was a hit for Gale Storm in the 1950s, and Dave Edmunds in the 1970s; "One Night" and "Witchcraft" were both hits for Elvis Presley. Pat Boone's cover of "Ain't That a Shame," and Rick Nelson's version of "I'm Walkin'" were top twenty hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chuck Berry's only #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit was a cover of Bartholomew's "My Ding-a-Ling", although Berry substantially changed the arrangement and verses.

Bartholomew produced a series of memorable hits such as "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" with Lloyd Price; and "I Hear You Knocking" and "One Night (Of Sin)" with Smiley Lewis; plus "Let the Good Times Roll" with Shirley & Lee.

In 1991 Bartholomew was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer owing to his role in producing early rhythm and blues songs.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dave Bartholomew

Pablo Bartholomew
Born	December 18, 1955 New Delhi, India
Occupation	Photojournalism
Website
http://www.netphotograph.com/pablo/pablo.html

Pablo Bartholomew (born 1955) is an award-winning Indian photojournalist.

Pablo Bartholomew is an independent photographer based in New Delhi, India. He is noted for his photography, as an educator running photography workshops, and as manager of a software company specializing in photo database solutions and server-based digital archiving systems like Netphotograph.

Early life[link]

Pablo Bartholomew was born on December 18, 1955 in New Delhi, India.

Influenced greatly by his father, Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985), an art critic and photographer, Bartholomew learned his first photography lessons at home. In his early teens he photographed in the documentary tradition, producing images of family, friends, and cities.

Photography career[link]

Represented by Gamma Liaison for over 20 years, he worked as a photojournalist recording societies in conflict and transition. His works have been published in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Business Week, National Geographic and GEO, amongst other prestigious magazines and journals.

Bartholomew then began photographing people in transition in different parts of the world.

He has held a number of fellowships, including one from the Asian Cultural Council, New York (1991), to photograph Indian immigrants in the USA, and one from the Institute of Comparative Studies in Human Culture, Norway (1995), to photograph the Naga tribes in India. Between 2001 and 2003 he ran a photography workshop for emerging photographers in India with the support of the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam. Among his photo essays are "The Chinese in Calcutta," "The Indians in America," and "The Naga Tribes of Northeast India".

Awards[link]

Pablo Bartholomew at the age of 19 won the World Press Photo award for his series on Morphine Addicts in India (1975) and the World Press Photo of the Year for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy(1984).

Photo Exhibitions and shows[link]

Pablo Bartholomew's work has been widely exhibited in galleries in India and museums internationally. His earliest solo exhibitions, in New Delhi in 1980 and Bombay in 1981, dealt with the marginal worlds he inhabited at that time. During 2005 he exhibited at Month of Photography in Tokyo, the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in France, and Newark Museum’s Indian Photography and Video Festival.

His recent exhibition "Outside In! A Tale of Three Cities: 70s and 80s" is a visual diary of his teenage work. The show debuted at the Rencontres d’Arles in July 2007, before traveling to the National Museum, New Delhi in January - February 2008, the Mumbai National Gallery of Modern Art in March 2008, and Bodhi Art in New York from 9 May to 14 June 2008. At the same time a photographic exhibition of his father's work titled, "A Critic’s Eye", not known as a photographer till then but a noted Indian art critic Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985)", was displayed at Sepia Gallery, New York in May and 28 June 2008.

External links[link]

• Official website
• Netphotograph, Online archive of photos
• Teenage Work "OUTSIDE IN, 70s & 80s, A tale of 3 cities"
• The Indian Emigre project
• World Press Photo winner 1976 Morphine addicts series
• Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984
• Mother Teresa - A photo tribute
• Nagas-Marked with beauty
• The Haidas on National Geographic
• Digital Camera interview
• Related exhibition site of Richard Bartholomew
• Listing of awards on the World Press Photo Website

His All Holiness  Bartholomew I
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
Diocese	Constantinople
Enthroned	2 November 1991
Reign ended	Incumbent
Predecessor	Demetrios I
Personal details
Birth name	Dimitrios Arhondonis (Δημήτριος Αρχοντώνης - Dimítrios Archontónis)
Born	(1940-02-29) 29 February 1940 (age 72) Aghios Theodoros (Zeytinli Köyü), Imbros (Gökçeada), Turkey
Died	-
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Residence	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Fener, Istanbul, Turkey
Parents	Christos (father) and Merope (mother) Archontónis
Spouse	None
Children	None
Occupation	Ecumenical Patriarch
Profession	Theologian
Alma mater	Patriarchal Theological school (Halki seminary)

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (Greek: Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαῖος Α', Turkish: Patrik I. Bartolomeos) (born 29 February 1940) is the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch,^[1] and thus "first among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Communion, since 2 November 1991.^[2][3][4][5]

Early life and career[link]

Bartholomew I was born in the village of Zeytinli (Άγιος Θεόδωρος) in the island of Gökçeada (Ίμβρος Imvros in Greek), son of Christos and Merope Archontónis. His secular birth name is Dimitrios Arhondonis (Δημήτριος Αρχοντώνης, Dimítrios Archontónis). He is a Turkish citizen and he belongs (ethnically) to the small remnants of the native Greek community in Turkey.

Dimitrios Archontonis attended elementary school in his native Imvros and continued his secondary education in the famous Zographeion Lyceum in Istanbul. Soon afterwards, he studied Theology as an undergraduate at the Patriarchal Theological school or Halki seminary, from which he graduated with highest honours in 1961, and was immediately ordained deacon, receiving the name Bartholomew. Bartholomew fulfilled his military service in the Turkish army as a non regular officer between 1961 and 1963. From 1963 to 1968, Bartholomew pursued his postgraduate studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey in Switzerland and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in Germany. His doctoral research was on the Canon Law. The same year he became a lecturer in the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

After returning to Istanbul in 1968, he took a position at the Patriarchal Theological Seminary of Halki, where he was ordained a priest in 1969, by Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I. When Demetrius I became Ecumenical Patriarch in 1972 and established the Patriarchal Office, he selected Bartholomew as its director. On Christmas of 1973, Bartholomew became Metropolitan of Philadelphia, and was renamed as director of the patriarchal office until his enthronement as Metropolitan of Chalcedon in 1990. From March 1974 until his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch, he was a member of the Holy Synod as well as of many Synodical Committees.

He speaks Greek, Turkish, Italian, German, French and English; he is also fluent in classical Greek and Latin.

Accomplishments[link]

As Ecumenical Patriarch, he has been particularly active internationally. One of his first focuses has been on rebuilding the once-persecuted Eastern Orthodox Churches of the former Eastern Bloc following the fall of Communism there in 1990. As part of this effort he has worked to strengthen ties amongst the various national Churches and Patriarchates of the Eastern Orthodox Communion. He has also continued the reconciliation dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church started by his predecessors, and initiated dialogue with other faiths, including other Christian sects, Muslims, and Jews.^[6][7]

United States President Barack Obama meets with Bartholomew I.

He has also gained a reputation as a prominent environmentalist, putting the support of the Patriarchate behind various international environmental causes. This has earned him the nicknames of "the Green Patriarch" and "the Green Pope"^[2][8] and in 2002 he was honored with the Sophie Prize. He has also been honoured with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award which may be bestowed by the Legislative Branch of the United States government.

Bartholomew I, after his attempts to celebrate the Liturgy in remote areas of the country, thereby renewing the Orthodox presence, which was absent since before 1924, has now come under intense pressure from Turkish nationalist elements. The patriarchal Seminary of Halki in the Princes' Islands remains closed since 1971 on government orders.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's tenure has been characterized by inter-Orthodox cooperation, inter-Christian and inter-religious dialog, as well as by formal trips to Orthodox and Muslim countries seldom previously visited. He has exchanged numerous invitations of Church and State dignitaries. His efforts to promote religious freedom and human rights, his initiatives to advance religious tolerance among the world’s religions has been widely noted. Among his many positions, he currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute^[9]

Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Declaration of 30 November 2006

During his trip to Turkey in November 2006, Pope Benedict XVI traveled to Istanbul on the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I. The Pope participated in the feast day services of St. Andrew the First Apostle, the patron saint of the Church of Constantinople. This was the third official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate by a Pope (the first being by Paul VI in 1967, and the second by John Paul II in 1979).

In an interview published on 19 November 2006 in the daily newspaper Sabah, Bartholomew I addressed the issues of religious freedom and the upcoming papal trip to Turkey. He also referred to the closing of the Halki seminary by saying: "As Turkish citizens, we pay taxes. We serve in the military. We vote. As citizens we do everything. We want the same rights. But it does not happen... If Muslims want to study theology, there are 24 theology faculties. Where are we going to study?" He also addressed the issue of his Ecumenical title and its not being accepted by the Turkish government: "We've had this title since the 6th century... The word ecumenical has no political content. [...] This title is the only thing that I insist on. I will never renounce this title."^[10][11]

Titles[link]

The official title of the Ecumenical Patriarch is:

His All Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch;

in Greek:

Η Αυτού Θειοτάτη Παναγιότης ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας Ρώμης και Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαίος Α'

The official title recognized by the Republic of Turkey is:

Bartholomew I, Patriarch of the Fener Rum Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul

Personally, he is happy with just "Bartholomew" [4].

Awards, honours and distinctions[link]

In 1997, His All Holiness received the Congressional Gold Medal. The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian awards given by the United States.^[12]

In 2002, His All Holiness received the Sophie Prize for his work on the environment.^[13]

In April 2008, he was included on the Time 100 most influential people in the world list.^[14] In 1999 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania; in 2004, by Federal President Thomas Klestil, the Great Golden Medal with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria and on 13 March 2007, the third anniversary of the death of Cardinal Franz König, Bartholomew was awarded in Vienna's St. Stephen the "Cardinal König Prize" Foundation "Communio et Progressio".

He has been awarded honorary doctorates by a number of universities and educational institutions around the world, among them: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, TEI of Kavala, Democritus University of Thrace, University of Crete, University of Ioannina, University of the Aegean, University of Western Macedonia and University of Thessaly in Greece, Moscow State University in Russia, University of Iaşi in Romania, City University of London, Exeter University and University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute and Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I in France, University of Bucharest in Romania, Flinders University in Australia, Adamson University in the Philippines, St. Andrew’s College and Sherbrooke University in Canada, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Georgetown University, Tufts University, Southern Methodist University, Yale University, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in the United States.

In October 2009, His All Holiness received an honorary doctorate from Fordham University in the United States.^[15]

On October 22, 2011, His All Holiness received the Grand Collar of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ by HRH Prince David Bagrationi of Mukhran in a ceremony at St. George's chapel.^[16]

Ordinations and ecclesiastical appointments[link]

• 13 August 1961, Diaconate - receiving the ecclesiastical name Bartholomew
• 19 October 1969, Priesthood
• 25 December 1973, The Nativity, Episcopacy - Metropolitan of Philadelphia (Asia Minor)
• 14 January 1990, Enthronement as Metropolitan of Chalcedon
• 22 October 1991, Elected 270th Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch
• 2 November 1991, Enthronement in the Patriarchal Cathedral in the Phanar

See also[link]

• List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
• Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
• Mount Athos
• Orthodox Church
• History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Church of St George, Istanbul
• Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
• Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople
• Leaders of Christianity

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

• Official biography
• Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: A Passion for Peace
• A Patriarch in Dire Straits by John Couretas, director of communications at the Acton Institute and executive director of the American Orthodox Institute.

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