In what is seen as a blow to Moscow, Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios stated on Tuesday that he will cooperate with Lithuanian authorities to establish a new branch in the Baltic country to ensure that people of faith are no longer only under the supervision of the Russian church.
The Executive Committee of the Order of Saint Andrews the Apostle, the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, voted unanimously on February 8 to donate, in close cooperation with the Archbishop Elpidophoros, 50,000 dollars for earthquake relief in the areas of Turkey and Syria affected by the destructive earthquakes.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Monday, extolling his efforts for dialogue with the Orthodox Church. “As we pray for the repose of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, we remember his 2006 visit to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, a milestone on our ecumenical journey to unity. A distinguished theologian, he […]
The Greek Orthodox house of worship was destroyed on September 11. After 21 years and $85 million, its glowing new home has opened
The Holy Synod in Cyprus elected a new archbishop on Sunday, staying on a pro-western course in a deeply divided Orthodox church on the island and other parts of the world.
The appointment of the new archbishop of Cyprus will take place on Saturday after the Divine Liturgy, the island’s Holy Synod announced Thursday.
The Nicholas J. and Anna K. Bouras Foundation, a philanthropic organization that provides aid to Greek Orthodox agencies, churches and to human service organizations, has completed its US$1 million matching grant to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation.
The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has chosen to return to Greece the three fragments of Parthenon sculptures that have been kept in the Vatican Museums for centuries.
Pope Francis has decided to send back to Greece the three fragments of Parthenon Sculptures that the Vatican Museums have held for centuries, the Vatican announced Friday.
St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, right, sits next to ground zero in New York, Tuesday, December 6.
More than two decades after a tiny Greek Orthodox church in lower Manhattan was destroyed by the falling south tower of the World Trade Center, that church’s far grander replacement opened to the public this week in an elevated park overlooking the rebuilt trade center’s memorial plaza.
The Western Balkans and Albania belong in the heart of Europe, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Anastasios, Orthodox archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, in a meeting with the prelate on Tuesday.
The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, was to reopen on Tuesday, the day that its namesake saint is celebrated by the Greek Orthodox world.
New reports have emerged in the Turkish media regarding more damage to the 6th century Hagia Sophia Orthodox cathedral in Istanbul, which was converted into a mosque in 2020.
Chrysostomos II, the leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Church, was laid to rest Saturday with a ceremony that reflected centuries of ecclesiastical tradition, eulogized as his church’s greatest reformer and an outspoken fighter for his people.
Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the outspoken leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Christian Church whose forays into the country’s complex politics and finances fired up supporters and detractors alike, has died. He was 81.
