Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited Serbia on Oct. 5 to participate in the celebration of the 1700-year anniversary of the "Edict of Milan" which was signed by Constantine and Licinius, who controlled the Balkans. The order established the freedom of...

On Sept. 16, the administration of the Central Girls School in Istanbul presented, during an event, its targets concerning the establishment of a Greek Diaspora university in Istanbul. Contacts with Turkey’s government Vice President, Bulent Arinc, and the General Directorate...

Impressive is the title of the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet on the imminent reopening of the Greek primary school on the island of Imvros. Hürriyet's headline "Kali Arhi" in Greek, is translated into the equivalent Turkish expression. The Turkish newspaper writes that...

On August 14, thousands of Greeks flooded the Koimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church (Panagitsa), on Saint Roch Street in Park Extension, Montreal, in order to celebrate the image of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary during the episcopal...

A documentary viewing and an open discussion, in cooperation with the Hellenic American Education Center and the association Hellenic Roots will mark the reopening of the Greek Primary School on the island of Imvros after 48 years. The Hellenic History...

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited Milan for his scheduled meeting with the Catholic Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Angelo Scola. The Ecumenical Patriarch extended an invitation to Cardinal Scola to visit the Phanar which was immediately accepted. As it became known,...

An alleged plot against Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Bartholomew is being investigated by an Ankara public prosecutor, private broadcaster NTV reported today. As reported in Hurriyet Daily News, the investigation was launched after a letter was sent from the Central...

United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, paid a visit to Fener to discuss with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the issue of the reopening of the Theological School of Halki, as well as other issues relating to religious freedom in...

The Pancyprian Gymnasium of Nicosia, the oldest secondary school of Cyprus, a school with a history of 200 years, visited Istanbul and made a pilgrimage to the Phanar. The director, Solon Charalambus, the Bishop of Paphos Georgios, the teachers and...

Pope Francis' March 19 enthronement ceremony, as he had requested, was kept simple and included gospels presented only in Greek, and with the presence of The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the first time the Orthodox Church has sent its...