The current ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, has balanced the growing power of Moscow, but the question ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was awarded the ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew awarded 2025 Templeton Prize for spiritual contributions; Blue Dream Gala postponed to 2026.

For Russia, Georgia remains the most problematic country in the Transcaucasus, with which there are not even diplomatic relations. At the same time, ironically, of the three universally recognized ...

This special deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican” unravels what made the Council of Nicaea groundbreaking 1,700 years ...

Nuns at Pühtitsa Convent have written to the president to ask him not to promulgate the amendments to the Churches and ...

The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

The Orthodox Church of Albania was declared autocephalous in September in 1922, ending its subordination to the archbishopric of Ohrid and the patriarchate of Constantinople. Archbishop Joan, 69, born ...