Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, centre, with global religious leaders during the opening of the World Council of ...

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.

It’s their constitutional duty to protect Mount Athos, which is part of Greece," said Father Bartolomeos, the abbot of the New Esphigmenou Brotherhood, which the Ecumenical Patriarch set up in 2005.

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on June 28, 2025, at the Vatican. (photo: Vatican News / VM) ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he hopes Pope Leo XIV will "be a dear brother and collaborator … for the rapprochement of our churches, for the unity of the whole Christian ...

Depending on a decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, (with, one must imagine, the support of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and the Church of Greece) to adopt ...

In 2005, the Ecumenical Patriarch called for their removal and established a new monastic order to replace them. Archimandrite Methodios has asserted that any attempt to remove the brothers is ...