Category: Turkey
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
“We have been deeply saddened by the fact that our religious activities have been targeted by some politicians in recent days” : Ecumenical Patriarch on Issues Related to Sumela Monastery
https://ec-patr.org/ OCP News Service – 15/08/2023 Turkey: On the eve (August 14, 2023) of the celebrations at Sumela Monastery, Ecumenical Patriarch published a statement regarding ... Read More
Archimandrite Theophanis Koja Consecrated as Bishop of Philomelion for Albanian Community Under Ecumenical Patriarchate in US
OCP News Service – 26/07/2023 Turkey: With the blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America led the consecration of His ... Read More
Turkish Government Initially Denies, then Grants Permission for Divine Liturgy Celebration at Sumela Monastery on August 15
Sumela Monastery - File - https://orthodoxtimes.com/ OCP News Service – 26/07/2023 Turkey: Turkish Government first Denied and then granted permission for celebrating the Divine Liturgy ... Read More
“The Ecumenical Patriarchate as the Mother Church of All Orthodox in Ukraine is Always on Their Side”: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
https://ec-patr.org/ OCP News Service – 09/07/2023 Constantinople-Turkey: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople received President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Phanar, Constantinople on July 08, ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch & Patriarch Kirill Congratulated Erdogan on His Re-election as the President of the Republic of Turkey
OCP News Service - 31/05/2023 Istanbul-Turkey: His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated ... Read More
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Expressed Solidarity with Turkey
https://www.facebook.com/MorIgnatiusAphremII https://www.facebook.com/MorIgnatiusAphremII OCP News Service – 20/02/2023 Antakya – Turkey: H H Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch, the Primate of the Syrian Orthodox Church ... Read More