Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

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

ALMOST 2000 parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC) have transferred to the Orthodox Church of ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — This year, Eastern and Western churches will celebrate ... relationship between Moscow and Constantinople, any convening of all Orthodox primates at this stage seems nearly ...