patriarch
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"The doors are still closed," the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said in his Easter Vigil homily at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Zelensky was also due to meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of most Christian Orthodox churches, a week before the Orthodox Easter, celebrated in Ukraine and Russia on April 12.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Eric Schiffer, chairman of the Los Angeles-based private-equity firm The Patriarch Organization, said he does not see signs of a more long-lasting depreciation of the U.S. currency.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
He was joined by clergymen including Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the most senior bishop in Eastern Orthodoxy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
They, too, clapped, just as they had done the night the Patriarch had given her an American name, at the dawn of the new year.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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