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Order of Saint Andrew to host call-in on autocephaly of Ukraine's Orthodox Church
The Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, will host a nationwide call-in virtual town meeting on the issue of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the responsibilities of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, on Saturday January 26.
Patriarchate delegation to meet with PM, archbishop on church-state relations
A delegation representing the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate will arrive in Athens this week to meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Greek Archbishop Ieronymos to discuss the government's proposed changes to church-state relations.
Patriarchate delegation to meet with PM, archbishop
A delegation representing the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate will arrive in Athens this week to meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Greek Archbishop Ieronymos to discuss the government's proposed changes to church-state relations.
Greek bishops to decide on recognition of Ukrainian Church
The Hierarchy of the Church of Greece, comprised of 82 bishops, will decide in late February whether or not to recognize the autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine, which was formally granted independence from Moscow last Sunday by Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios.
Ecumenical Patriarch presents independence decree to Ukrainian church leader
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on Sunday presented a decree of independence to the head of the nascent Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
In Istanbul, Patriarch Bartholomew I presented the Tomos, a scroll containing the decree, in a symbolic ceremony sanctifying the Ukrainian church's independence from the Russian Orthodox Church. He signed the decree a day earlier.
Independence of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Formalized in Istanbul
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has signed a decree of independence for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.