Pope Paul VI, left, and Patriarch Athenagoras clasp hands as they leave Istanbul's Orthodox Cathedral of St. George where they participated in a one-hour unity prayer service on July 25, 1967. The ...

Today is a special day for followers of eastern Orthodox Christianity, who are celebrating Easter – the most important festival in the Orthodox Christian calendar. In an interview with The Brussels ...

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Istanbul’s million and a half Moslems, Christians and Jews go about their business among ancient ruins, aqueducts, walls and cisterns that are dead relics of Byzantium’s glory. But Istanbul’s ...

“This moment, Your Holiness,” said Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople, “is one of the most significant for mankind. Humanity at its highest spiritual level has the opportunity at ...

The enthronement of Bishop Athenagoras unfolded with profound ecclesiastical splendor on December 6, 2025, at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Canberra. This historic installation, the first for ...

The Archdiocese of Australia has announced that the official enthronement of the newly appointed Bishop of Canberra, Athenagoras, will take place on Saturday, 6 December. The ceremony will be held at ...

The text of the joint declaration they signed rejects the use of religion to justify violence, urges global efforts toward peace, supports cooperation among believers of different faiths, and entrusts ...

Unanimously elected by the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Holy and Sacred Synod, the new bishops were consecrated at Sydney’s Evangelismos Cathedral in services led by Archbishop Makarios. The Greek ...

Bishop Athenagoras, formerly Archdeacon of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, was ordained as a bishop. His Eminence was concelebrated by the visiting Hierarchs: His Eminences Metropolitans Ignatios ...