What is Patriarch?
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 [[Bishop]]s 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]] ==Related pages== *[[Patriarchy]] {{religion-stub}} {{Catholic Church ranks}} [[Category:Patriarchs| ]] [[Category:Christian religious occupations]]