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

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

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who is considered the “first among equals” in Eastern Orthodoxy, said any future peace agreement “must include Ukraine as an equal ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — The top figure in Eastern Orthodox Christianity on Sunday declared that “Ukraine’s sovereignty is not up for debate, nor can it be negotiated under the guise of diplomacy ...

THE Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew of Constantinople, has expressed his desire for a swift conclusion to the war in Ukraine to pave the way for the urgent rebuilding of the nation, after three ...