The Publishing House of the Brothers Kyriakidis considers it an honor and a privilege that their series of publications includes the ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE HISTORY by Professor of the Theological School of Chalki and longtime Visiting Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Mr. Vasileios Stavridis. This work is added to his other publications on the Ecumenical Patriarchate that have been previously released.

This book truly fills an important gap in the history of the `currently active and without a flock, from the Synodical` Metropolises of the Ecumenical Throne in the territory of Turkey.

The publishers, together with the author, dedicate this book to the highest point of Orthodoxy, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as a humble tribute of honor, love, and respect.