Category: Turkey
Turkey Questions Inclusion of Constantinople Patriarchate in Ukraine Peace Summit Documents
OCP News Service – 20/06/2024 Constantinople – Turkey: Turkey's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Onju Keceli, raised concerns on social media (Twitter) regarding the participation of the ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Calls for Peace at Ukraine Peace Summit
OCP News Service – 20/06/2024 Constantinople – Turkey: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians worldwide, played a prominent role at the recent ... Read More
Orthodox Church in America Delegation Visits Constantinople
OCP News Service – 10/06/2024 Constantinople – Turkey: His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), led a delegation on ... Read More
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Condemns Police Action Against Catholicos
OCP News Service – 31/06/2024 Constantinople- Turkey: The Patriarchal See of Istanbul has issued a strong statement condemning the blocking of His Holiness Catholicos Karekin ... Read More
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