CAIRO – The spiritual seat of the world's Orthodox Christians on Friday issued a call for unity ahead of the first ever meeting of the faith's 14 independent churches that is expected to discuss the ...

President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine has split the Orthodox Church. Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, a leading authority of the Eastern Orthodox Church, quickly condemned the ...

Eastern Orthodox spiritual leader condemns Russian invasion Bartholomew I blames 'blatant violation' of international law In this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 file photo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew — the spiritual leader of some 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide — will be speaking and receiving an honorary degree Thursday evening at the University ...

Pope Leo XIV has joined Orthodox patriarchs and ecumenical leaders in Turkey to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of some 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide and based in Istanbul, called for an end to war in Ukraine on Sunday. "We ...

Anti-Trump protesters march towards the White House during the “Not My President’s Day” rally in Washington. Feb. 20. Photo by Yuri Gripas/REUTERS. Twenty-two Modern Orthodox rabbis signed a statement ...

A 2024 survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that 56% of Orthodox Ukrainians identified with the Ukrainian independent church, while only 6% identified with the Russia-linked ...

In Ukraine, Orthodox believers are divided between two competing church structures. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which was created only in 2018, is autocephalous. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church – ...

2 Orthodox Christian countries at war. Here's an explanation of the faith tradition shared by Russia and Ukraine J. Eugene Clay, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, School of Historical, ...