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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Motorists drive past a billboard displaying a picture of Pope Leo XIV in Beirut on November 26, 2025. (Joseph EID / AFP)
November 27, 2025, 6:55 am
Pope Leo heading to Turkey, Lebanon for closely watched first overseas trip
Itinerary includes meeting with Erdogan; speeches expected to focus on peace, will be delivered in English; Vatican spokesman says security arrangements to be undertaken in Lebanon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A woman walks toward the Russian Orthodox Church headquarters in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
August 27, 2018, 3:45 pm
Russian US election hackers targeted Orthodox patriarch, Ukrainian Jewish leader
As Kiev and Moscow fight over the religious future of Ukraine, spies went after Jewish leader Yosyp Zisels who frequently defends his country from charges of anti-Semitism
By Raphael Satter
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (2L), considered as the spiritual head of Constantinople Patriarchate's Orthodox Christians, is pictured near the Stone Flower monument for the victims of the Jasenovac concentration camp as he visits the site of the former camp in Jasenovac, Croatia on September 10, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
September 10, 2016, 11:31 pm
Orthodox patriarch mourns victims at ‘Croatia’s Auschwitz’
Patriarch of Constantinople visits Jasenovac, a death camp operated by pro-Nazi regime from 1941-5 where at least tens of thousands died
By AFP
A group of Syrian refugees board a plane with Pope Francis on April 16, 2016 at the airport of Mytilene, in the Greek island of Lesbos. (AFP PHOTO POOL / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)
April 16, 2016, 4:43 pm
Pope brings 12 Syrian refugees to Italy in lesson for Europe
Pontiff makes ‘gesture of welcome’ during brief visit with migrants and asylum seekers at Greek detention center
By Derek Gatopoulos, Nicole Winfield and Elena Becatoros
Pope Francis (L) speaks with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I after they signed a joint statement at St George church, on November 30, 2014 in Istanbul as part of a three day visit in Turkey. (photo credit: AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)
November 30, 2014, 3:35 pm
Pope, Orthodox head pledge to protect Mideast Christians
Condemning ‘barbaric violence’ from Islamic State, two leaders in Turkey sign a joint statement also calling for ‘constructive dialogue with Islam’
By AFP
Pope Francis (L) poses with Mufti Rahmi Yaran (R) upon his arrival in front of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul on November 29, 2014 as part of his two-day visit in Turkey. (Photo credit: AFP/BULENT KILIC)
November 29, 2014, 9:18 pm
Pope pays historic visit to Istanbul mosque
Francis’s first trip to Turkey aims at building bridges with Islam, supporting Middle East’s embattled Christian minorities
By Stuart Williams and Dilay Gundogan
Pope Francis seen with President Shimon Peres at a ceremony held at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 6, 2014, 9:49 pm
Pope seeks to rekindle ‘dream’ of Mideast peace
Vatican insists there are no hidden political aims behind Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas’s meeting with pontiff
By AP and ToI Staff
Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, May 25, 2014. (screen capture: GPO)
May 25, 2014, 3:54 pm
Pope’s East-West church summit sends message to Mideast, NY rabbi says
Arthur Schneier: Francis’ landmark meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I signals that all conflicts can be ended
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Anton Croos, Wikimedia Commons)
May 25, 2014, 9:50 am
Pope to hold unity meet at Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Historic site in Jerusalem’s Old City has been a flashpoint of rivalry between Christian denominations for centuries
By Daniel Estrin
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