Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, visited Dachau, a former German-nazi concentration camp, on Monday. During his visit he prayed for the memory of the victims who were killed during the nazi occupation. According to...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is reported to be furious over the statements of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the prospects of turning the former Greek Orthodox church of Hagia Sophia, located in Istanbul, Turkey, into a mosque. According...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is due to arrive in Germany on Saturday for a 10-day visit marking the 50th anniversary since the foundation of the Orthodox Metropolis in Germany. During his visit, he will have meetings with Germany's state and...

Christians celebrated Easter with church masses in several cities across Turkey on April 20. In the predawn hours of Sunday, many worshipers gathered outside the Greek Patriarchate in the Fener district of İstanbul, holding a candlelight vigil and praying until...

 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has expressed strong opposition to the potential conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. He was speaking during a debate about whether or not Hagia Sophia should become a mosque, at the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches,...

The Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, has extended an invitation to fourteen Orthodox Church patriarchs and archbishops to gather in Istanbul for a three-day meeting to take place in March. The patriarchs and archbishops who will meet at the Fener...

In a meeting on Thursday, Alexis Tsipras, the president of SYRIZA, asked for the support of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and churches from other countries on the universal humanitarian request for a change on the current migration policy. That policy...

"The joyous anniversary of the Austrian Metropolis’ fifty years of life and offer, is a milestone in the Church’s course and a great event for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople," said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, speaking during the celebrations for...

Yesterday afternoon, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made a visit to the childhood home-museum of the historical leader of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, which is located within the Turkish Consulate complex. Mr. Bartholomew, accompanied by prelates of the Patriarchate, was welcomed by...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will be declared honorary citizen of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Oct 26, after the decision of the city's municipal council. The formal City Council meeting will be held at 12:30 on the feast day of Saint Demetrius,...