During Easter, all the churches of Istanbul – from the Ecumenical Patriarchate to those in…
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Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul held its first Tarawih prayer in 88 years…
On this day in 1930, the name of the city Constantinople was officially changed to…
Greek military sources said 21 of the 25 violations were made by a single Turkish…
The Sunday luncheon is at the Turkish presidential mansion on the Asian side of Istanbul…
US television network CBS has sent a letter of apology to Turkey, saying the channel…
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide,…
In the context of his recent visit to Imvros and in collaboration with the Health…
A Turkish citizen, who decided to be baptised Orthodox Christian, recovered the Holy Cross in…
On January 1 the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was discharged from the American hospital of Istanbul on Thursday, where he…
The church of Hagia Sophia (literally “Holy Wisdom”) in Constantinople, now Istanbul, was first dedicated…
With masks, red hats, Santa Claus, triangles and the director of the Painting Gallery Giannis…
In his Christmas message this year, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew urged members of the Orthodox faith…
Born in Constantinople and from the Macedonian Dynasty, he was the longest reigning Byzantine Emperor,…
There can be no Orthodox Church without the Ecumenical Patriarchate reiterated His Eminence Archbishop Makarios…
On December 1, as on the first day of every month, people flocked in droves to the wish-granting Greek Orthodox church ‘Ayin Biri Kilisesi’ in Constantinople to make wishes, in the hope that they will come true.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling an ambitious transformation in the George…
Born on the island of Patmos, he was a Greek revolutionary and merchant and 1…
On the one hand, Turkish citizens continue to form queues outside supermarkets and gas stations…