The list of objects was compiled by a scholar who "simply dug up information about various farmsteads and jurisdictions of Constantinople, which were available at different times" MOSCOW, November 24.

MINSK - The Russian Orthodox Church said Monday it is breaking ties with the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate over its decision to grant independence to the Ukrainian church, which Moscow does ...

The Russian Orthodox Church on Monday angrily broke all ties with the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the worldwide leadership of Orthodox Christianity, in response to a decision ...

“The Russian Orthodox Church doesn’t recognize those decisions and won’t fulfill them,” Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev said in Belarus after a meeting of the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Before Hagia Sophia dominated the skyline, Hagia Irene served as Constantinople's original patriarchal seat, and its bare mosaic dome still tells the story of one of Byzantium's most violent religious ...

The Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on Oct. 11 recognized the legitimacy of bishops of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church as part of the ...

Russian bishop Metropolitan Hilarion said recognising Ukraine's Church as independent went "against historical truth" In a major religious split, the Russian Orthodox Church has cut ties with the body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Russian Orthodox Church is breaking ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate over its decision to grant independence to the ...