The Greek community of Imbros is rebuilding its presence on the island after decades of displacement, demographic decline, and policies that transformed one of the Aegean’s historic centers of Hellenism.
Imbros, known in Turkish as Gökçeada, lies in the northeastern...
The Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage, Europe's largest wooden structure off the coast of Istanbul, is set to be converted into a hotel after years of unsuccessful attempts to secure restoration funding, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said on Friday.
For more than...
The Greek Orthodox Halki Seminary in Turkey is moving closer to a major symbolic milestone, as church officials expect to inaugurate its renovated building complex in September. However, the historic theological school, which has remained closed since 1971, is...
The board of Istanbul’s Bulgarian Orthodox community has banned Greek-language services in Bulgarian churches in Edirne after a dispute broke out during the St. George’s Day celebration at the Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St. George the Victorious.
According to BTA,...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered a message focused on the intersection of environmental responsibility, global conflicts, and the role of faith and interdependency.
Speaking at the Concordia Annual Summit in New York City on Monday, Bartholomew emphasized the interconnectedness of all...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is continuing his apostolic visit in New York City, where he celebrated a Doxology service at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine. This marked his return to the site where he had performed...
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is scheduled to visit the United States on September 15. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has published the full itinerary of the Patriarch's visit.
According to the announcement, “His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America,...
The government of Greece dismissed recent criticism from Turkey on Friday over a historic map presented as a gift to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew by General Dimitrios Choupis, Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, saying the gift was...
