* Thomas E. Fitzgerald.The Orthodox Church. — Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998. — P. 117. — «THE VISIT OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of Constantinople, together with a delegation that included five Metropolitans made an unprecedented visit to the United States 2–29 July 1990. Among the delegation was the present patriarch, Patriarch Bartholomew, who succeeded Patriarch Dimitrios in 1991. Although other Orthodox Patriarchs had visited this country in the past, this was the first visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch. His visit had a special significance because he is viewed as the first bishop of the Orthodox Church. As such, the Ecumenical Patriarch is frequently looked upon as the spiritual leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians throughout the world». — ISBN 978-0-275-96438-2.Архивная копия от 29 декабря 2019 на Wayback Machine
Andrew P. Holt.Competing Voices from the Crusades / Andrew P. Holt, James Muldoon. — Greenwood World Pub., 2008. — P. xiv. — «...one made during a visit to Greece in 2001 for the crusaders' sack of Constantinople in 1204. Three years later, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians, finally accepted the Pope's». — ISBN 978-1-84645-011-2.
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* Thomas E. Fitzgerald.The Orthodox Church. — Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998. — P. 117. — «THE VISIT OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of Constantinople, together with a delegation that included five Metropolitans made an unprecedented visit to the United States 2–29 July 1990. Among the delegation was the present patriarch, Patriarch Bartholomew, who succeeded Patriarch Dimitrios in 1991. Although other Orthodox Patriarchs had visited this country in the past, this was the first visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch. His visit had a special significance because he is viewed as the first bishop of the Orthodox Church. As such, the Ecumenical Patriarch is frequently looked upon as the spiritual leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians throughout the world». — ISBN 978-0-275-96438-2.Архивная копия от 29 декабря 2019 на Wayback Machine
Andrew P. Holt.Competing Voices from the Crusades / Andrew P. Holt, James Muldoon. — Greenwood World Pub., 2008. — P. xiv. — «...one made during a visit to Greece in 2001 for the crusaders' sack of Constantinople in 1204. Three years later, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians, finally accepted the Pope's». — ISBN 978-1-84645-011-2.
* Thomas E. Fitzgerald.The Orthodox Church. — Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998. — P. 117. — «THE VISIT OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of Constantinople, together with a delegation that included five Metropolitans made an unprecedented visit to the United States 2–29 July 1990. Among the delegation was the present patriarch, Patriarch Bartholomew, who succeeded Patriarch Dimitrios in 1991. Although other Orthodox Patriarchs had visited this country in the past, this was the first visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch. His visit had a special significance because he is viewed as the first bishop of the Orthodox Church. As such, the Ecumenical Patriarch is frequently looked upon as the spiritual leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians throughout the world». — ISBN 978-0-275-96438-2.Архивная копия от 29 декабря 2019 на Wayback Machine
Andrew P. Holt.Competing Voices from the Crusades / Andrew P. Holt, James Muldoon. — Greenwood World Pub., 2008. — P. xiv. — «...one made during a visit to Greece in 2001 for the crusaders' sack of Constantinople in 1204. Three years later, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians, finally accepted the Pope's». — ISBN 978-1-84645-011-2.
