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  The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, this week received the new ambassador of Turkey to the country, Aylin Sekizok. The ambassador thanked the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for receiving her, while expressing her joy over what she called the good and friendly relations between the two countries. nbsp;  

  Turkish mass daily Hurriyet this week took offense with high-profile statements by the Republic of Cyprus’ foreign minister, Nikos Christodoulides, as the latter directly decried the looting and alteration of the Christian cultural legacy in areas of Cyprus still occupied by the Turkish military. An editorial in the newspaper claimed that Christodoulides’s statements were…

  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday visited the Ethnological Museum of Thrace, in the northeast border city of Alexandroupolis. While there, the Greek premier praised the institution as a testament of the wider Evros River region, which has for centuries been a beacon of Hellenic culture.  

  Notre Dame University in the United States this week announced that the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, will deliver the principal address and receive an honorary degree at the renowned university’s 175th commencement ceremony, and specifically on May 17. In a statement, Notre Dame president, Rev. John Jenkins noted that “…Patriarch Bartholomew…

  The association representing Orthodox clerics in Greece on Wednesday issued an announcement expressing its concerns over the situation on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Hios (Chios). The announcement comes after sharp reactions, including street protests and scattered violence, on the part of local residents against the prospect of more migrant/refugee “hotspots” being…

  Α stern response by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, to a letter dispatched by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, regarding a “fraternal meeting” organized by the latter in Amman, Jordan this week for Primates of the world’s Orthodox Churches. In his reply, His All…

+ BARTHOLOMEW BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH, MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH YOU ALL *** We offer hymns of thanks to the God of love as…

  In Amman, Jordan, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, welcomed the Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Russia, Serbia and Czech Lands and Slovakia, and representatives of the Orthodox Churches of Romania and Poland, for the Amman Fraternal Familial gathering of Orthodox Primates and Delegates. The gathering has been called to initiate dialogue…