"THE FIRST NOT ONLY IN HONOR": ANALYSIS OF ECCLESIOLOGICAL INNOVATION OF HIS ALL-HOLINESS ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW І

Based on the statements of Patriarch Bartholomew І, stated in an interview with New York newspaper National Preacher, analysis his ecclesiological innovation is offered. We are talking about a radical revision problem primacy at level Ecumenical Patriarchate. The principle that he declared "first not only honor" should be taken as evidence unconditional adherence to provisions universalist ecclesiology. On other hand, previous agreement Eucharistic ecclesiology questioned. article shows discrepancy between "the first certain canons Councils. implementation this led number irreversible consequences crisis relations some autocephalous Churches. Evidence recognized: 1) verdict Holy Synod Moscow Patriarchate (December 2013), which expresses distrust those innovations undermine conciliarism (sobornost); 2) decision Council Bishops Constantinople (September 2018) grant autocephaly Church without coordination opinions primates local Churches; 3) fact granting Tomos Orthodox Ukraine (January 2019). Two perspectives proposed for further introduction theological discourses. path "church modernization" or resumption policy "Eastern papism" by Patriarch. Hope expressed efforts theologians upholding "primacy honor, but power".