Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Holy Synod Elects Interim Leader Following Patriarch Neophyte's Death
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church convened on Tuesday to address the vacancy left by the passing of Patriarch Neophyte, who served as the spiritual leader of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia. According to reports from the Bulgarian National Radio, the Synod's primary agenda was the election of a temporary head to oversee the Church's affairs during this transition period.
An increasing force for the future of the Greek Orthodox faith: The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
The status of Orthodox Christians around the world will improve in the relatively near future due to a recent profound expansion of the efforts of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Mike Pompeo to attend ‘4th Archon International Conference of Religious Freedom’ in Athens
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will attend and speak at the "4th Archon International Conference of Religious Freedom" that will be held in Athens on 26-29 May 2024.
A ‘safety net’ for Mount Athos
With the storm over the planned legislation for same-sex marriage having subsided - at least on the surface - the tranquil monastic community of Mount Athos welcomed its new civil administrator at the start of this week. All the proper honors were observed with utmost formality as Anastasios Mitsialis officially took office on his inaugural visit to Karyes.
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Painter exhibits at home
The painter Konstantinos Kerestetzis presents watercolors that he created during his stay on Mount Athos, the fruit of a deep relationship he has cultivated with the historic monastic community. However, he is not holding the exhibition in a gallery but at his home, an old Athenian residence on Proussis Street, which is opening to the public for a few days.
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Russia’s attempts to split the Orthodox Church in Africa
In 2019 the Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria recognised the independence of the newly formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Since then, Moscow has attempted to undermine not only the Ecumenical Patriarchate, but also the Patriarch of Alexandria, which claims exclusive jurisdiction over Africa and accuses the Russian church of meddling in the continent.
Elpidophoros denies reports of lukewarm reception at Mount Athos
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has dismissed reports suggesting a lukewarm reception during his recent visit to the Mount Athos monastic community on Greece's Halkidiki peninsula.
Elpidophoros’ complicated visit at Mt Athos
After the "salvo" of the Holy (Monastic) Community against the visit of Archbishop of America Elpidophoros to Mt Athos, delivered on the occasion of the baptism of children of a Greek-American same-sex couple, the monastic community is going through days of solemnity due to the Christmas holidays, which are celebrated according to the old Julian calendar.
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No Woman’s Land | Thessaloniki | To September 16
The Mount Athos Center (agioritikiestia.gr) is hosting an exhibition of photographs from an expedition to the monastic communities of Mount Athos and Meteora in 1929 and discovered in a barrel in a library at Princeton University in 2017.
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Patriarchate gets green light, in writing, for liturgy at Panagia Soumela
The Ecumenical Patriarchate on Friday thanked the prefect of Trebzon for signing the written permit for the patriarchal liturgy at the historic Monastery of Panagia Soumela on August 15, the feast day for the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.