Archon News

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Archons Host Farewell Dinner in Honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at Conclusion of His Patriarchal Visit to the United Kingdom
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Archon Dr. Terry Sarantou Appointed Archon Regional Commander for North and South Carolina, Joining Archon Trakas and Boardman
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Archon Stephanos G. Trakas Appointed Archon Regional Commander for North and South Carolina, Joining Archons Dr. Sarantou and Boardman
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Archon Frank Boardman Appointed Archon Regional Commander for North and South Carolina, Joining Archons Dr. Sarantou and Trakas
2025 Archon Weekend
The Annual Archon Weekend: Oct 16-19, 2025
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New Book Illuminates Canonical Legacy of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Religion and Faith

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Dialogue is ‘a Christian Duty’
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Archons Condemn Israeli Settler Attack on Palestinian Christian Village
HAH World Greek Language Day 2025
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Greek Is the ‘Mother Tongue of the Spirit’
HAH Student Conference on Literature
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: ‘There are Dimensions of Human Life Inaccessible to Scientific Knowledge’
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Archons Decry Deafening Silence of Western Media on Persecution of Christians and Slaughter of Ukrainians
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World Council of Churches Honors Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: ‘Highly Respected Global Moral Voice’

Archon News

The Latest from the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew:

A Sacred World
2025 Templeton Prize

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has been awarded the 2025 Templeton Prize for his pioneering efforts to bridge scientific and spiritual understandings of humanity’s relationship with the natural world, bringing together people of different faiths to heed a call for stewardship of creation.

Faith Alerts

The Latest on Religious Freedom

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His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, a modern apostle of peace and love, is the head of the world’s second largest and oldest Christian faith community. Based in a Muslim country on the fault-line between East and West, Christianity and Islam, the developed and developing worlds, His All-Holiness is, by tradition, the 269th successor to an actual apostle of Jesus Christ, St Andrew, the first-called apostle and brother of St. Peter.

The Five Issues of Concern

Our Orthodox Faith is being challenged by the Turkish Government. If not addressed, it can lead to the asphyxiation of Orthodox Christians.  The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate are fighting to defend and protect the religious freedoms of our Holy and Great Mother Church.

No Legal Identity

Election of Patriarch

Halki Seminary

Confiscation of Property

Ecumenical Status

Athens Conference Videos

Fireside Chat with Mike Pompeo

The session focused on ‘Human Rights and Religious Freedom and Their Implications to the Geopolitical Order’.

Keynote Speech of Mike Pompeo

Keynote speaker Hon. Michael R. Pompeo, 70th Secretary of State of the United States of America.

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