As Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I is "primus inter pares" (first among equals) among the patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is its spiritual leader.

Patriarch of Constantinople marks 1,700 years since Christianity's first ecumenical council. Posted: 1 June 2025 | Last updated: 1 June 2025. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the service ...

Archbishop Sahak Mashalian, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, has spoken out against efforts to replace Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, urging unity and patience until the ...

Editor's Note: Due to popular demand, The Face of Jesus returns to theaters for an encore presentation on June 26. Find local theater times and tickets here. “Your face, O Lord, I will seek.

The outcome. The deliberations at the Council of Nicaea were marked by intense conflict. According to a14th-century legend, Saint Nicholas—the figure later associated with Santa Claus—became ...

The second ecumenical council, held at Constantinople in 381, kept this expression in its formulation of the Nicene Creed and confessed 'the only- begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the ...

No other city in the world straddles two continents; nowhere else has been the capital of two empires. This vibrant metropolis of 15 million people, sprawling across the European and Asian sides ...

THE Department of State was notified by the Turkish Ambassador to the United States on September 10, 1914, that: "The Ottoman Government has abrogated, as from the first of October next, the ...

The West did not come to the rescue. The pleas for help had gone largely unanswered. Perhaps fate intended it to end this way—not with rescue, but with sacrifice. The story of Constantinople’s fall is ...

Vlad the Impaler's thirst for blood was an inspiration for Count Dracula. The ruthless brutality of Vlad III of Walachia, forged by the 15th-century clash between the Kingdom of Hungary and the ...