(RNS) — On Thursday (May 2), the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church ...

PHOTOS: Bulgarians line the streets of the capital to bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte Bartholomew is considered first among equals among Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, which gives him ...

One of the council's lasting legacies is the Nicene Creed, a profession of faith still recited by Christians of all big ...

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. There are many parallels between the ... Eastern Orthodoxy evolved into several independent exarchates and patriarchies, with the patriarch of Constantinople as honorary ...

A quiet yet symbolically significant gathering took place on May 17 at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo.

Bartholomew is considered first among equals among Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, which gives him prominence but not the power of a Catholic pope. Large portions of the Eastern Orthodox world are ...

Pope Leo XIV met on Friday at the Vatican with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s ...

The organisers of the Ukraine peace summit, held earlier this month in Switzerland, have removed the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox Church from the list of signatories following ...

Some Orthodox Christians are skeptical their church would agree. But Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, has also expressed support for ...