Ecumenical Patriarchate

Ecumenical Patriarchate receives permission in writing for divine liturgy at Panaghia Soumela on August 15

The Ecumenical Patriarchate on Friday thanked the Prefect of Trebzon

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50th Anniversary of the Closing of Halki Seminary: A Statement by Ned Price, Department Spokesperson

Today marks 50 years since the Turkish Constitutional Court ruled that all institutions of

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Archbishop Elpidophoros of America speaks with former US VP Biden on Hagia Sophia

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Thursday posted on social media to thank former US Vice President Biden for expressing his support

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Archdiocesan Council Unanimously Approves Letter to Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew

ATLANTA – The Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, which is

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The Greatest Philhellene the U.S. Senate has ever seen is Senator Bob Menendez of N.J.

By Endy Zemenides “For every Hellene and philhellene in New Jersey, for every American who realizes the importance of the East Med. to U.S. national security interests, the reelection of Bob Menendez is of paramount importance…” 

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Russian Orthodox Church breaks off relations with Ecumenical Patriarchate over Ukraine church

The Russian Orthodox Church broke off relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, seat of the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, on Monday over the latter’s decision to grant autocephaly, or independence, to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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Archbishop Demetrios Raises the Issues of Religious Freedom of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

WASHINGTON – His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, at the invitation of the Secretary of State of the United States Mike Pompeo, participated in the first-everMinisterial to Advance Religious Freedom, July 24-26, 2018, held at the State Department.

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Archdiocese of America: Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; And unto Brutus the things that are Brutus’

By Apostolos Zoupaniotis I will disagree with the title “Omogeneia and Phanar turned upside-down, following Valiotis statement” in the website Hellas Journal of my good colleague Michalis Ignatiou.

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International – or Bi-National – Religious Freedom?

By Endy Zemenides On December 4-5, the Archons are holding their second annual International Religious Freedom conference. Their first conference – in 2010 – caused quite a stir in the Greek-American community as they honored Egemen Bağış – Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs. They could not have picked a more dishonorable awardee, as Bağış has […]

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