The Ecumenical Patriarch is very weak, he holds effective power only on the orthodox community of Turkey. His fate was directly linked to that of the Ottoman Empire.

Moscow is the strongest patriarch, closely followed by Alexandria, where the Melkite Church is still present. There's a conspiracy theory concerning the death of the current Patriarch's predecessor, after the fall of the military helicopter that transported him to Mount Athos.

The advantage of the Patriarchate of Alexandria is that there's a huge lebensraum for conversion in sub-Saharan Africa. We pretend that we are against the catholic colonials and the locals convert like crazy. Very lucrative business.