Greek orthodox

Pope Leo XIV lands in Beirut during first Middle East visit

Pope Leo XIV begins a three-day visit to Lebanon, meeting leaders, touring five cities, and honoring victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion.

Pope Leo XIV disembarks the papal plane upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 30, 2025.
 A broken gate at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, June 29, 2025.

Protesters break into Greek Orthodox Church in Nazareth, remove outer gate - report

 Main entrance Church of the Holy Sepulchre

JNF and Greek Orthodox Church to pay betterment levy on Jerusalem lands

 ‘EAST SIDE’ scene, episode 1.

‘East Side’: Netflix spotlights Jerusalem's dark real estate underbelly


Russian Orthodox TV channel: Bailiffs seized $12 mln from Google in fines

"Tsargrad will send the 1 billion seized today to support Russia's special military operation."

 Konstantin Malofeev, chairman of the board of directors of the Tsargrad media group

Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Rafic Nahra to be consecrated this month

Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Jamal Daibes will be consecrated in May.

Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth

Two Orthodox Christian countries at war – here’s an explanation

Explainer: Understanding the faith tradition shared by Russia and Ukraine.

Russian President Putin and Patriarch Kirill applaud during the inaugural ceremony of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin at the Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow

Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war?

Opinion by Scott Kenworthy: Church-state history gives a clue

  Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, conducts a service on Orthodox Christmas at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia January 6, 2018.

Pope, Russian Orthodox Patriarch discuss Ukraine in video call

This was the first known contact between the two religious leaders.

 Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill hold a virtual meeting, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Vatican, March 16, 2022.

Jerusalem church leader says Israeli extremists threaten Christian presence in city

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem accuses radical Israeli groups of threatening the presence of Christians in the holy city, while Israeli officials say reality on the ground is different.

 Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, arrives to participate in a baptism ceremony at the Jordan River, near Jericho in the West Bank January 18, 2020.

Post six-day war footage of Egyptian Monastery made public by Israel's national library

The collection includes texts from as early as the 1100s, written in Arabic, Syriac, Greek, Armenian and Georgian and relating to early Christian religion and Church Fathers.

Greek Psalms and Cantica, ca 1504.

Jacob’s Well: A historic Greek Orthodox church in Nablus, West Bank

The complex – revered in the Jewish, Samaritan, Christian and Muslim traditions – looks like it belongs in the Peloponnese or Mount Athos.

 THE GREEK Orthodox Church of Jacob’s Well in Nablus, also called St. Photini Church, was finished in 2018.

Final request to block Greek Orthodox property sale to Jewish NGO denied

Appeal was filed by the patriarchate after the church sold the land to Ateret Cohanim in 2004.

Magnanimous Zionists should save the New Imperial Hotel and Jaffa Gate

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate seeking to remove Ein Yael Museum from land

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has several disputes with the state over land in its possession.

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III at the celebration of the Epiphany at Qasr el Yahud, Friday January 18 2019