HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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Where did the Eastern Orthodox Church wish for the Church to be based?
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Syria
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Israel
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Constantinople
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Jerusalem
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Since 1586 the Ecumenical Patriarchate has had its headquarters in the relatively modest Church of St George in the Fener (Phanar) district of Istanbul.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under Ottoman rule, Constantinople (now Istanbul), became an Islamic city. The Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, the spiritual center of the Orthodox Christendom, was turned into a mosque.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, all its Orthodox Christians became part of the rayah class of people. The Rum millet was instituted by Sultan Mehmet II who set himself to reorganise the state as the conscious heir of the East Roman Empire.
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