A popular Kazakh cleric opposed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine said Thursday he was attempting to start a new church ...

As Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I is "primus inter pares" (first among equals) among the patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is its spiritual leader.

Security guards at Hagia Sophia stopped a fire attempt, an incident raising concerns over the safety of the 1,500‑year‑old ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos was the “last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and Byzantium,” according to the late English Byzantinist, Donald MacGillivray Nicol, in his authoritative book ...

Orthodox Archbishop the Rev. Michael Dahulich will present a seminar on the Council of Nicaea, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, at the 34th annual Theology Institute at ...

The move followed a decision in September by the Patriarch of Constantinople, considered Eastern Orthodox Christianity’s primary leader, to recognize the Ukrainian church’s right to autonomy.