A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Michael Loverdos arrived at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Balamand to meet with the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox Church ...

Critics of the Patriarchate of Constantinople point out, on the other hand, that in 1922 the Greek Patriarch established Greek Orthodox Churches in the U.S., rivaling the Russian church’s presence.

Only the Greek Orthodox patriarch is allowed to enter the chamber that houses the tomb of Jesus, while all the others remain in the Chapel of the Angel, a sort of antechamber that commemorates the ...

A Christian minority that owns valuable land in Jerusalem opposes a real-estate deal that would sacrifice part of its property.

Pope Leo XIV welcomed a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, emphasizing the shared commitment to the journey toward ...

Syria's Christian population has been decimated from 1.5 million to under 300,000 since 2011. Yet the global silence reveals ...

At 12:30 p.m., the Greek Orthodox clergy began their cross-bearing procession. The participants circle the Aedicule three times. Afterward, the Greek Patriarch undresses in front of the structure ...

Metropolitan Irineos, who served as the representative for the Jerusalem Patriarch Greek Orthodox church in Athens for the past fifteen years, was selected Monday as the new Greek Orthodox ...

Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew strongly condemned on Tuesday the recent burning of copies of the Quran on two separate occasions in Sweden and the Netherlands. Bartholomew sent a solidarity ...