The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians promoted interreligious dialogue during the opening ceremony of the ...

Tenedos holds a significant place in Greek history, despite the sharp decline in its Greek population in recent decades.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is planning a visit to the United States and meet with President Donald Trump.

Ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew prays for the dead at St. Louis No. 3 Bruce Nolan, The Times-Picayune Oct 24, 2009 1 min to read ...

[1/2]Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attend a meeting in the Lithuanian cabinet’s office in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 21, 2023.

Patriarch Bartholomew and Welby will join the Pope Sept. 30 for an ecumenical prayer vigil on the threshold of the Synod on Synodality, which will begin Oct. 4 at the Vatican. (photo: Franco ...

In 2014 Francis, during an apostolic visit to the Holy Land, met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope Paul VI and ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's comments are a rebuke for Russian Patriarch Kirill, whose full-throated blessing for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople attends an interfaith meeting at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome Oct. 7, 2021. The Vatican newspaper has published an article by the ...

GOKCEADA, Turkey (AP) — The ecumenical patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, fulfilled a 10-year promise to mark Easter on the Turkish island of Gokceada where he was born.

Before it, in 1822 the Ecumenical Patriarch Gregorius V was hanged on the orders of Sultan Mahmoud II, who accused him of conspiring with the Greeks in a revolt against the Ottoman Empire.

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died on ...