Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul on Saturday, Oct. 31, for a meeting focused on peace efforts, support for Ukraine and the return of abducted Ukrainian children.
The private discussion lasted approximately an hour at the...
Pope Leo XIV received Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Vatican on Saturday, October 24, as the pontiff resumed official engagements while recovering from surgery for lung cancer.
Bartholomew offered his support and wishes for a speedy, complete recovery, according to...
The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at New York's World Trade Center honored recently Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine with its Beacon of Hope Award, recognizing what the shrine described as their...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the 65th anniversary of his entry into the priesthood on Thursday with a divine liturgy in the Metropolitan Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos on Imbros, the Aegean island in northwestern Turkey where he...
From remote mountain chapels to whitewashed churches on the Greek islands, Orthodox Christians across Greece celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration on August 6 by bringing the season's first grapes to be blessed—a centuries-old tradition rooted in one of...
Every August 1, the Orthodox Church marks the Procession of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, an ancient feast whose origins lie in Byzantine Constantinople. Although less well known than major Christian celebrations such as Easter or Christmas, the commemoration...
Orthodox Christians around the world on Monday celebrate the feast of St. Panteleimon, one of Christianity's most revered physician saints, remembered for healing the sick without accepting payment and for sacrificing his life during the Roman persecutions of the...
Every year in parts of Madagascar, children are condemned simply because of the circumstances of their birth. Some are targeted because they are twins, a condition that centuries-old traditions in parts of the island associate with misfortune. Others are hunted...
Archbishop Sotirios of Canada has confirmed his intention to resign in early July, bringing a monumental 52-year episcopal tenure to a close.
While on a pastoral visit to Vancouver, the Archbishop confirmed the news originally reported by The National Herald,...
The remarkable spread of Christianity by the Greeks of the Byzantine Empire into Eastern Europe stands as one of history's most significant turning points.
This spread of Orthodox Christianity in the regions north of the Danube had a significant impact...
