Panagia Soumela Monastery will Not be Open for Dormition of Virgin Mary Liturgy
The emblematic Panagia Soumela Monastery in Trabzon, Turkey will not be open for the Dormition of Virgin Mary liturgy on August 15 since restoration works...
Metropolitan Nikitas Elected Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain
The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate unanimously elected Metropolitan Nikitas of Dardanelles as the new Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, succeeding Archbishop...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Castigates Moscow Patriarchate Over Ukraine
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I strongly criticized the Russian Patriarchate of Moscow on Tuesday regarding the issue of the independence of the...
Historic Soumela Monastery in Pontus Reopens
The historic Panagia Soumela Monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary and located in Trabzon in the Black Sea is to reopen its doors to...
Pope Francis in Historic Visit to North Macedonia
Pope Francis, who is on a historic first trip to North Macedonia, has met with the country's leadership and held Mass in the main...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Leads This Year’s ”March of The Living”
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and New Rome, Bartholomew I and Greece’s Speaker of the House Nikolaos Voutsis led this year's thirty-first ”March of...
Historic Sumela Monastery to Finally Reopen in May
The first section of the historic Greek Orthodox Sumela monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, will re-open to the public on May 18, Turkish...
Hagia Sophia: The Center of Greek Orthodox Faith Through the Ages
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople) remains the symbolic center of the Greek Orthodox faith, even almost six centuries after its fall to the Ottomans....
Turkey’s Erdogan Repeats Threats To Turn Hagia Sophia Into Mosque
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated on Friday his intentions to change Hagia Sophia's status from Museum to Mosque.
Erdogan has made Hagia Sophia...
Ahmadiyya Leader Warns of “Critical Need for Peace” at London Symposium
The global leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community warned of the "critical need for peace" at the community's sixteenth annual Peace Symposium on Saturday...