Pentarchy
PM Mitsotakis and President Sakellaropoulou send condolences over Queen’s death – Tributes poured in
Pope Francis sent a telegram to King Charles III to offer condolences
Metropolitan Cleopas Discusses Missionary Work in Scandinavia at Church of Greece Event
Metropolitan Cleopas spoke about the venerable head of Orthodoxy, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Religion, rights, and geopolitics on Vartholemos’ US visit, meetings with Biden, Blinken, Pelosi
By George Gilson
When Greek Orthodox Archbishop Athenagoras of America was elected Ecumenical Patriarch - the first among equals with a coordinating role in Eastern Orthodox Church, which is said to have 300 million faithful worldwide) - in 1948, he travelled to Istanbul, Turkey, for his enthronement on the presidential aeroplane of US President Harry Truman.
Vartholomaios sends blessings to medical staff
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios gave his blessings to Greek medical staff that are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in a phone call on Friday with infectious disease expert and government adviser on the crisis Sotiris Tsiodras.
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Pope Francis wants all Christians to join calendars
Pope Francis called for all Christian denominations to celebrate Easter on the same date. This seems harmless and practical, even a pacifist move but a backlash followed. Well-known Russian theologian Protodeacon Andrey Kurayev expressed his thoughts on the internet: “The Pope’s proposal to designate a single all-Christian Easter day is unrealistic,” he wrote.