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The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians promoted interreligious dialogue during the opening ceremony of the ...
Extra History A century after Constantine, Emperor Theodosius II found himself wrapped up in yet more theological disputes.
Tenedos holds a significant place in Greek history, despite the sharp decline in its Greek population in recent decades.
Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.
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.
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, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, is expected to arrive for the funeral, as well as delegations from other Eastern Orthodox churches.
Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte leads Palm Sunday liturgy at Alexander Newsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 12, 2020. Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, who was the first elected head of the ...
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.
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.
The day after Pearl Harbor, tall, grizzle-bearded Aristocles Spyrou tried to join the U.S. Army. But he was turned down as too old (56) and so he went back to his duties as Archbishop Athenagoras, ...