December 28th, 202001703
New York.- (GreekNewsOnline)
On October 8, 2020, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate reprimanded the most senior Metropolitan of the Throne in America, Methodios of Boston, putting him on a three month suspension. Although no details of the charges were official published, Metropolitan Methodios was accused of “Tyreia”...
November 17th, 202001613
Constantinople.- (GreekNewsOnline, AFP)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a fraught visit to Istanbul on Tuesday that included no official meetings and an agenda focused on religious freedoms that Ankara dismissed as "irrelevant".
The meeting of the U.S. Secretary of State with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew lasted 1,5...
October 10th, 202045105
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
In a surprising move less than a month after the 45th Clergy Laity Congress, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided at the last day of its meeting, on Thursday, to suspend the Charter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, reprimand with suspension until Christmas Metropolitan...
July 13th, 202011206
Julian Marshall: When Hagia Sophia was originally built in the 6th Century, during the Byzantine Empire, it served as the seat of the Greek Orthodox Church. And when Turkey was considering converting it back from a museum into a mosque, the Greek Orthodox Synod said such a change would provoke strong protest and frustration among...
July 11th, 202022694
New York.- (GreekNewsOnline)
Few hours after Turkey’s top court ruling that declared illegal the 1934 decision by the country’s founder Kemal Ataturk to convert Hagia Sopia to museum, President Tayyip Erdogan declared the old glory of Byzantium a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two...
July 8th, 202063160
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
Those who had concerns about differences of opinions between Archbishop Elpidophoros and members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, must be reassured that our Hierarchy stands united, thanks to Rev. Alex Karloutsos. The strongman of the Greek Orthodox...
June 25th, 202001119
NEW YORK – Today, June 25, 2020, The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate released the summation of their work at the Meeting of the Holy Synod in Chambésy, Geneva at Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This included consideration of the responses of the Local Autocephalous Churches to the May 17,...
July 1st, 201802758New York.- (GreekNewsOnline)
When on Tuesday, June 26, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America issued a strong statement accusing the “National Herald” for publishing and article “under the false and unsubstantiated title that “Archbishop Demetrios incites revolt against the Ecumenical Patriarchate,” some could think of it...
June 24th, 201826247“Most people I know respect, support and love Archbishop Demetrios and do not want to see him leave at this time”, told the Greek News
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
Photos: Dimitrios Panagos
Delegates from the 550 Greek Orthodox parishes across the United States will gather in Boston, Massachusetts, from July 1 to 5,...