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‘Georgios Vizyinos. The Road to Istanbul’ Student Conference

Students, academics, authors, actors and journalists will participate in the 4th International Student Conference “Georgios Vizyinos. The Road to Istanbul” in order to approach the life and work of the great Greek novelist, poet and scholar Georgios Vizyinos. The...

Epitaph and Resurrection Litany to Take Place In Izmir

The Epitaph and Resurrection litanies will be performed at the Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Voukolos in Izmir for the first time since the 1922 catastrophe. The church, which was restored by the Izmir Municipality and inaugurated on February 6 by...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Receives Honorary Doctorate in Izmir

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the title of Honorary Doctor of Sociology by the Izmir Economics University. One and a half years ago, he had received the same title from the University of Bosporus. The Economics University of Izmir has also awarded...

Ecumenical Patriarch Performs Historic Liturgy in Izmir

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stressed the importance of peaceful coexistence between people of every religion in his speech during the Divine Liturgy that took place in Izmir (Smyrna). “In many parts of the world, Muslims, Christians and the Jewish live in harmony....

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Perform Liturgy in Izmir

The reconstructed church of Agios Voukolos is the only Christian Orthodox church of the big city of Izmir (Smyrna) in Turkey that survived the destruction of 1922. The church will reopen to the public as a place of worship and Ecumenical...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Corfu

In Corfu, western Greece, arrived at 11:00 am today Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who responded to the invitation of Archbishop Nektarios of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontia Islands to visit the island as part of the celebration of its patron saint, St. Spyridon,...

Infographic: Visits of Ecumenical Patriarchs to Rome and Popes to Constantinople

As Pope Francis is paying a visit to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Phanar here is a timeline of the official meetings of the Primates of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches throughout the centuries, as released by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. There...

Pope Francis to Visit Ecumenical Patriarchate; Meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

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

Documentary on Istanbul’s Largest Greek Cemetery

A documentary on Şİşlİ Greek Orthodox Cemetery, the largest Greek Orthodox cemetery in Istanbul, will be screened for the first time at Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Congress Center on Friday, November 21. The event is organized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate,...

Savvopoulos to Perform for Greek School in Istanbul

The students of Zografeion Greek school in Istanbul will have the unique opportunity of attending, along with students of Mandoulides school, a musical performance by Dionysis Savvopoulos, a well-known Greek singer and songwriter who originally comes from Istanbul. The event...