Putin Blasts Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Russian President Vladimir Putin made scathing remarks concerning the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople during his annual press conference in Moscow on Thursday. According to the...
Caring for the Church of Ukraine: Constantinople’s Calm Carries the Day
By Evagelos Sotiropoulos * Presided over by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople recently announced a number...
Ukraine Gives Iconic Saint Andrew Church To Ecumenical Patriarchate (video)
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...
U.S. Support to the Ecumenical Patriarchate After Orthodox Schism
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...
Orthodox Schism As Russian Church ‘Breaks All Ties’ With Constantinople Over Ukraine
In the largest schism in Orthodox Christianity for over a century, the Russian Orthodox Church has cut all ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate over...
The Ecumenical Patriarchate Grants Independence To The Ukrainian Church
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’s Mariupol Celebrates Inauguration of New Greek Square
Mariupol, or Marioupolis as it is known in Greek, is an important city of nearly 500,000 people in south eastern Ukraine, situated on the...
Russian Church A Step Closer To Split From The Rest of Orthodox Christianity
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church announced that it will end its participation in every structure that is chaired by the Ecumenical...
Russian Orthodox Church Slams Ecumenical Patriarchate over Ukraine
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...
Ecumenical Patriarchate To Recognize Ukrainian Church’s Autocephaly Despite Moscow’s Disagreement
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, that is considered as First among Equals in the Orthodox Christianity, announced that it will start the procedure for...