The 88-year-old pontiff, who passed away shortly after delivering his Easter Sunday Urbi et Orbi blessing, was honored with this Eastern Orthodox hymn, symbolizing resurrection and eternal life—a fitting tribute to a pope known for bridging divides
Referring to Pope Francis as "brother", Patriarch Bartholomew noted that a meeting between them had been planned in May on the 1,700-year anniversary of the 1st Ecumenical Synod but "the God of life and death decided otherwise".
The John Templeton Foundation, in collaboration with the Templeton World Charity Foundation and the Templeton Religion Trust, announced today, Thursday, April 10, 2025, that the recipient of the 2025 Templeton Prize is His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Divine Liturgy and Trisagion at the Metropolis of Athens - Funeral Mass in Tirana on Thursday at his request - Metropolitan of Korica is the Supervisor of the Archdiocesan Throne
Nikos Androulakis, leader of the PASOK-Movement for Change party, met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Saturday at the Phanar in Istanbul.
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He had been hospitalized recently in the ICU with a respiratory infection – The series he directed left their mark on Greek television.
