The Tree
The succession itself, drawn all at once. Time runs down the page; each church keeps its column and its colour.
What it draws
2406 people and 2751 bonds on one time axis. Time runs down the page; each church keeps its own column.
The columns
- Alexandria Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line)
- Alexandria Greek (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria
- Antioch Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line)
- Antioch Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
- Armagh Archbishop of Armagh
- Vagharshapat Catholicos of All Armenians
- Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury
- Carthage Archbishop of Carthage
- Constantinople Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
- Salamis Archbishop of Cyprus
- Ephesus Metropolitan of Ephesus
- Axum Abuna (Metropolitan of Ethiopia)
- Mtskheta Catholicos of Iberia
- Jerusalem Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch)
- Kyiv Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Rus'
- Lyon Bishop of Lyon
- Tikrit Maphrian of the East (Tikrit)
- Ohrid Archbishop of Ohrid (Bulgarian line)
- Rome Bishop of Rome (Pope)
- Seleucia-Ctesiphon Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon)
- York Archbishop of York
The periods
- The Apostolic Age 30–100
- The Ante-Nicene Church 100–325
- The Fathers & the Great Councils 325–451
- The Post-Chalcedonian Era 451–604
- The Early Medieval Church 604–843
- From Photius to the Schism 843–1054
The bonds
- child of 773
- succeeded 695
- sibling of 438
- disciple of 304
- consecrated by 242
- spouse of 176
- relative of 50
- influenced by 44
- sent by 15
- ordained by 10
- baptized by 4