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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: A Passion for Peace; A Patriarch in Dire Straits by John Couretas, director of communications at the Acton Institute and executive director of the American Orthodox Institute. End of Byzantium Archived 8 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine interview by Helena Drysdale from Aeon Magazine.
The Theological School of Halki at the top of the Hill of Hope The current Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I. Since 1586 the Ecumenical Patriarchate has had its headquarters in the Church of St George in the Fener (Phanar) district of Istanbul. The current territory of the Patriarchate is significantly reduced from what it was at its height.
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, romanized: Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter pares (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox Church. The ecumenical patriarch is ...
On 6 January, after a Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Epiphanius and Patriarch Bartholomew, Patriarch Bartholomew read the tomos of the OCU and then gave it to Metropolitan Epiphanius. [64] [65] On 8 January 2019, the tomos was brought back to Istanbul so that all the members of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate could sign the ...
It was followed by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1864, the Bulgarian Exarchate in 1872, and the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1879, thus reducing the territorial extent of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's jurisdiction.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said a committee was being formed to organise the visit and that the Vatican would soon contact the Turkish government about it. Francis will turn 88 in December.
Representatives from Orthodox Churches in Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Russia, and Georgia as well as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the enthronement which started immediately after ...
In March 2014, the Primates of local Orthodox Churches convened in Fener, the residence of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and reached a decision: "The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church will be convened by the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople in 2016, unless something unexpected occurs."