Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered a historic address to the plenary of the Hellenic Parliament on Tuesday (5 May ...

"Just like the unexpected movement of these three works of art, the historic elections of Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV have ...

The Synod has elected the three candidates to succeed Ilia II, who had led the Georgian Church since 1977. The candidate with the most votes was the 57-year-old Metropolitan Shio, who had in fact alre ...

In Russia, omens have been given special importance since ancient times. They were used to judge the weather, when to sow and ...

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 ...

Once the second most important church in the Byzantine world and the final resting place of emperors from Constantine the ...

Imagine the walls that have soaked up 1600 years of history in one of Constantinople’s most important Byzantine monasteries, ...

Greek Minister for Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Sofia Zacharaki has announced a key government initiative to ...

Pope Tawadros II visited St. Mark the Apostle Coptic Orthodox Church in Istanbul on Sunday, met members of the congregation, ...

US Senate candidate Mark Lynch pledged to impose economic sanctions on Turkey until the Hagia Sophia is returned to the ...

Incidents of tension are escalating at the global symbol of Orthodoxy, with Greeks who raised a Greek flag inside the church ...

"The responses that we've gotten are everything from shame ... to just 'this the most ridiculous thing I've seen." ...