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Nikos Magginas, the personal photographer of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople died on Saturday.

Following the decision made by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to grant independence (autocephaly) to the Ukrainian Church, ending centuries of Moscow's ecclesiastical authority in the country, the Ukrainian parliament voted in favor of an amendment proposed by the...

The United States expressed its support to the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as independent. A spokesman for the Department of State said on Tuesday that the U.S. administration is supporting the...

The issue of independence of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has been agonizing Orthodox Christianity the last few years. With Moscow strongly against it, and Ukraine in favor, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople issued a decree on Thursday, with which...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (right) with Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill The Russian Orthodox Church slammed the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate for sending representatives to Ukraine and vowed to retaliate, Hurriyet Daily News says. The two churches are in a row...

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, that is considered as First among Equals in the Orthodox Christianity, announced that it will start the procedure for the official recognition of the Church of Ukraine as Autocephalous. The Ukrainian Church belongs to the...

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has decided to allow a second marriage for Greek Orthodox priests in the event that they are widowed or abandoned by their wife, religious news website Romfea.gr says. The decision, that is considered...

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will welcome Pope Francis to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on November 29 and 30, 2014.

A three-day meeting of the heads of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches was launched at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on Thursday, chaired by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The meeting will focus on the Holy Synod of Orthodoxy which is being...

According to a recent Turkish article, the financial crisis seems to have also hit the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul. The newspaper reports that the Patriarchate is in extremely bad economic conditions, as the employees that work on its premises...

On Sunday, April 8 2012, following the doxology on Palm Sunday, the Ecumenical Patriarch blessed the Archon Myrepsos (Perfumer) George Savvits who, along with his colleagues, assisted in the preparation of the Holy Myron (Myrrh). The preparation ceremony was completed...

On December 3rd Vice President Biden met with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Greek Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul. Following their meeting, the Vice President and the Ecumenical Patriach were joined by members of the Holy Synod, Metropolitans,...

Greek HTO and Cosmote company have undertaken the work of digitalization and documentation of Libraries in the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Theological School of Halki. The chairman and chief executive of HTO, Michalis Tsamaz visited the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople...

The leading Publishing House “Ιletisim”, promoting democracy in Turkey, has published a new book in the Turkish language titled “The Ecumenical Patriarchate”.  The book aims to inform the public regarding the real and deep meaning of the controversial “Ecumenical”,...

Yesterday Mr. Pantelis Vingas, President of the Community of Neochori and representative of minority institutions in the General Directorate of Vakoufia, Ankara, was declared “Chief of the Great Church of Christ”, by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. After the service held...