THE senior Russian Orthodox bishop who allegedly the target of a murder plot by two ethnic Ukrainian laymen has asked to meet ...

Their last resort is the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which, as primus inter pares (first among equals), theoretically has the authority to overturn decisions and reassign them.

Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 ...

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 ...

Former Greek-American CIA officer John Kiriakou has retracted his earlier claim that the U.S. paid the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

The Cook Islands, a nation in the Pacific Ocean, hosted this year’s ecumenical World Day of Prayer on March 7, bringing together hundreds of people from the country’s six Christian churches.

To commemorate the initiative, Dr. Vasilis G. Apostolopoulos, CEO of Athens Medical Group, visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate and had a warm meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The newly ...

Fr Gintaras Sungaila, a priest of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Lithuania, said Ukrainian refugees looking for a place to worship had found parishes praying for Patriarch Kirill ...

Today marks the 85th birthday of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, a prominent leader in global Christianity. Originally named Demetrios Arhondonis, he was born on the island of Imbros and became the ...

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,” as he celebrated Mass in ...

"If Russia succeeds in occupying Ukraine, our church will not survive. For us, it's a matter of life and death," the patriarch said. "History teaches us that whenever Russia takes control of ...