Byzantine Legacy

On October 16, 2026, the Icon Museum and Study Center celebrates its milestone twentieth anniversary with the exhibition, Light from the East: Masterpieces from the Ikonen-Museum Recklinghausen , presenting highlights from the largest and most

On Wednesday, May 20, the Apodosis of Pascha, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received in formal audience His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, together with the rising seniors of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of

Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center in New York City is a perfect example of an Orthodox ecclesiastical structure, drawing upon Byzantine architectural and iconographic traditions, yet adapted

Scenes from the Passion of Christ — from Peter’s denial to the carrying of the cross to the Crucifixion — across three centuries of European painting. El Greco, Caravaggio, Fra Angelico, Uccello, and more. All

On March 27, 2026, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, together with the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, issued a Patriarchal and Synodical Encyclical marking a milestone of singular significance in the life

On Friday, February 27th the community of the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Theologian in Tenafly, New Jersey celebrated the first Saluations to the Theotokos and then attended the opening of an exhibit called

Five decades of dedicated work in our church music ministry by the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians are culminating in a year-long Golden Anniversary celebration. This historic milestone celebration kicks off at the

NEW YORK — Col. Matthew Bogdanos, the Greek-American prosecutor who leads the Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History, a major honor

Founder and Music Director Alexander Lingas will move into a new role as Music Director Emeritus this spring, passing the baton to a new generation while redirecting his focus towards academic work. Dr. Lingas will

Eleni (Hélène) Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, the Greek-French Byzantinologist whose work and public voice helped restore Byzantium to the center of European history—not as a dimmed epilogue than a durable, governing civilization—died on Monday. She was 99.  

Faithful participating in the pilgrimage “A Journey to Meet the Ecumenical Patriarch & the Pope of Rome” continued their travels in Constantinople with a boat ride along the Bosphorus bound for the important Halki Patriarchal

Orthodox Christians arrived yesterday in Constantinople to participate in the pilgrimage, “A Journey to Meet the Ecumenical Patriarch & the Pope of Rome,” taking place from Nov. 26-Dec. 1, 2025, which coincides with the Thronal

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:1-2 “And

Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham University welcomed His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew yesterday for a moving performance of Robert Kyr’s A Time for Life: An Environmental Oratorio, presented by Cappella Romana. The event combined sacred music,

On Aug. 1, 2025, a cohort of faithful from the United States journeyed to Constantinople to partake in the Pilgrimage of Discovery.

On September 23, 2025, His All-Holiness will visit Fordham University and the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at the school’s Rose Hill Campus in New York City.

Eight students recently completed the biennial Asia Minor Travel Seminar, an immersive four-week academic program exploring Hellenic heritage in Asia Minor and the Pontos region, including the Black Sea coast.

“The day and memory are bitter because spiritual error and lack of consciousness fail to ascribe Her full meaning,” said His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros in an encyclical issued yesterday. “And yet sweet, because we have the Great Church incarnate in our Venerable Ecumenical Patriarchate, which abides as a spirit-filled space leading the Faithful to embody in their own lives the Mystery of the Incarnation and the reality of God.”

Faithful on the pilgrimage “From Rome to New Rome” spent their final morning in Istanbul on the top deck of a passenger ship, above the splendor of the Bosphorus Strait. The backdrop evoked feelings of both awe and heartbreak–for all the Orthodox iconography that gilds the city, very few sites actually remain Christian.

Nearing the end of their pilgrimage, today Orthodox and Catholic faithful commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea by reciting the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed on the shores of Lake İznik, at the site of the council’s convening in 325 C.E. Led by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the moment was particularly poignant given that due to centuries-old persecution and church-conversions, virtually no visible evidence remains of the city’s Christian past.

While the Hagia Sophia’s architectural grandeur remains undiminished, today the churchgoers’ reverence and wonder were bittersweet.

After a memorable time in Rome, today faithful belonging to the Orthodox-Catholic pilgrimage “From Rome to New Rome” spent their first day in Istanbul, Türkiye, visiting the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has on several recent occasions brilliantly articulated the centrality of the Greek language in the formation of philosophy and Christian theology, and has emphasized the need to preserve it in its uniqueness and contributions to human thought.

The flag bearing the seal of His-All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew proudly flew as the sun set over Manhattan in front of Saint Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue.

Here, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America presented a special tribute concert honoring His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the late Nikolaos Steliaros, Archon Mousikodidaskalos of the Holy Great Church of Christ.