Why encyclicals from Pope addressed to "Patriarchs"?

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I noticed in Humanae Vitae and other encyclicals, they are sent to Patriarchs, among others. Are these the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs? If so, have the Popes always continued to include them in their official writings to the Church?

ENCYCLICAL LETTER***
HUMANAE VITAE*
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
PAUL VI
TO HIS VENERABLE BROTHERS
THE PATRIARCHS, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS
AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES
 
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