# Patriarch Bartholomew I

Sourced causal chain, facts and drivers.

## Dated facts

- 2018: Russian Orthodox Church breaks communion with Constantinople. https://factrail.ai/facts/russian-church-breaks-with-constantinople-2018-10-15. Sources: https://old.mospat.ru/en/2018/10/15/news165259/, https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2018-10/russian-orthodox-break-communion-with-ecumenical-patriarch.html.
- 1991: Bartholomew elected Ecumenical Patriarch. https://factrail.ai/facts/bartholomew-elected-ecumenical-patriarch-1991-10-22. Sources: https://www.stgeorgehollywood.org/about/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew, https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/19-september/news/world/patriarch-bartholomew-reasserts-primacy-after-34-years-in-office.

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/people/patriarch-bartholomew-i