While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be ...

Few realize that the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is deeply beholden to the United States government. This ignorance is surprising, given that many Greek Orthodox leaders are quite ...

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou retracted his claim that the U.S. paid the Ecumenical Patriarchate to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

TASS/. Metropolitan Ambrosius of Kalavryta, a hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, has leveled criticism at the steps by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I that can bring about a split in ...

Attendees hail Jordan’s vital role in supporting Palestinians, stress importance of Hashemite Custodianship of Jerusalem's ...

Discussions focused on collaboration and support for the preservation of the Patriarchate’s extensive historical archives ...

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Greece has been deeply alarmed over the renewed violence that broke out in Syria last week, in which over 1,000 people are ...