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The Orthodox Christian church of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has applied to join the Ecumenical Patriarchate under the name 'Archbishopric of Ohrid.' A statement by the Patriarchate says the Holy Synod is considering the application of the...

"The Patriarchate is our cradle and the Turkish leadership must realize that the presence of the Patriarchate in Constantinople is one of Turkey's most powerful ties with the EU and the West. I hope and believe that in the...

People working in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople including priests of all ranks, secretaries, and members of all sectors have not been paid for the past three months. According to employees of the Patriarchate, their wages have not been...

Kostas Bakoyannis, the mayor of Athens, paid a joint visit, with Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu, to the city's Greek Orthodox Patriarchate on Friday.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday expressed his view that there is no danger of becoming infected by the coronavirus from receiving Holy Communion. The Patriarch, whose seat is in the Phanar in Istanbul, Turkey, officiated at the Divine Liturgy celebrated...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Friday called on the Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, Georgia Soultanopoulou, asking for an explanation regarding the verbal agreement between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece Ieronymos...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos The cancellation of a scheduled meeting on Friday in Athens between Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos indicates that there is a rift between...

Continuing his three-day visit to Thrace to attend events for "Stephanos Karatheodoris Year" in Orestiada, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday praised the personality and contribution made by the noted Greek doctor and academic, saying he was a "model" Thracian...

In Corfu, western Greece, arrived at 11:00 am today Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who responded to the invitation of Archbishop Nektarios of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontia Islands to visit the island as part of the celebration of its patron saint, St. Spyridon,...

Residents of Orestiada, in Greece's northern prefecture of Thrace, warmly welcomed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who began on a four-day visit to the area on Saturday. Bartholomew was welcomed at the Orestiada Square by Metropolitan Damaskinos of Didymoticho, political, church and...

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in Athens on Monday to attend the events for the completion and restoration of 40 grave monuments at the cemetery of Sisli in Istanbul. Bartholomew will stay in Greece until Friday. On Wednesday, the Ecumenical Patriarch,...

Yesterday afternoon, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made a visit to the childhood home-museum of the historical leader of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, which is located within the Turkish Consulate complex. Mr. Bartholomew, accompanied by prelates of the Patriarchate, was welcomed by...

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his hopes that Greece will overcome the crisis, after meeting Prime Minister George Papandreou at his office in Parliament. Mr. Bartholomew stated that "we have gone through much more difficult times in the past, and lived under tough circumstances but we got through it. I hope this time the Greek people...

In today’s land of Asia Minor, cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought, visitors still find the remnants of a great past.

The Patriarchal Monastery of Agia Triada Tsagarolon (Holy Trinity), located on the Akrotiri Peninsula fn the island of Crete, was built in the seventeenth century by two brothers, Jeremiah and Lorenzo, who belonged to the old, noble Venetian family...