Category: Turkey
Historic Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora Reopens as Mosque in Turkey
OCP News Service – 09/05/2024 Constantinople – Turkey: The historic Chora Monastery, renowned for its breathtaking Byzantine mosaics, reopened its doors on May 06,2024, as ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Receives Armenian Patriarch Sahak Masalyan
ec-patr.org OCP News Service – 08/05/2024 Constantinople – Turkey: In a display of Eastertide fellowship, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew warmly received His Holiness Sahak Masalyan, ... Read More
Archimandrite Iakovos Andriopoulos Consecrated as Metropolitan of Mexico
ec-patr.org OCP News Service – 03/02/2024 Constantinople- Turkey: His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I consecrated Archimandrite Iakovos (Jacob) Andriopoulos as Metropolitan of Mexico at the ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarchate Reaffirms Opposition to the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in Greece
OCP News Service – 25/01/2024 Constantinople- Turkey: The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, meeting under the presidency of His All-Holiness ... Read More
Patriarch Sahag II Mashalian of Constantinople Visited Ecumenical Patriarchate
ec-patr.org OCP News Service – 28/12/2023 Constantinople- Turkey: Patriarch Sahag II Mashalian of Constantinople visited Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople on December 25, 2023, ... Read More
Prime Minister of Montenegro Visits the Ecumenical Patriarchate
ec-patr OCP News Service – 29/10/2023 Constantinople-Turkey: On 27 October 2023, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, paid a visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch Urges End to Bloodshed: “War is Not the Solution!”
Photo: Nikos Papachristou OCP News Service – 26/10/2023 Constantinople-Turkey: On 22 October 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, officiated vesper at the Church ... Read More
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Visits Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
Ermeni Patrikligi OCP News Service – 17/10/2023 Constantinople- Turkey: HH Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Syrian Orthodox Church visited Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople during his ... Read More
Statement by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the Ongoing Tragic Events in the Middle East
OCP News Service – 11/10/2023 Constantinople-Turkey: The statement on recent tragic events in the Middle East by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. We are ... Read More
Turkish Historian Urges Closure of Hagia Sophia Due to Risk of Collapse
OCP News Service – ertnews.gr - 05/10/2023 Istanbul-Turkey: In a recent television appearance, distinguished Turkish historian Ilber Ortaili called for restricting visitor access to the ... Read More