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US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to visit Kyiv during April, according to Ukrainian authorities. The visit aims to strengthen ties and discuss ongoing support.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was formally inducted as a member of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in a special ceremony at the Institut de France in Paris, taking the seat previously held by Pope Benedict.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned both Islamophobia and antisemitism during an interfaith iftar dinner in Ankara, attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and other religious leaders.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, expressed gratitude to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I for his consistent condemnation of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Russia has accused Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew, based in Istanbul, of attempting to assert control and stir up schism within the Orthodox Church.
Massive crowds gathered to pay their final respects to Georgia's longest-serving Patriarch Ilia II, as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, and other leaders delivered speeches at his funeral service in Tbilisi. His passing has prompted reflections on his 'epochal, unique, and contradictory' legacy.
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is in Ankara to attend an official dinner at the Presidential Palace, responding to an invitation from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extended to him and other religious leaders.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew issued a message commemorating the four-year mark since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, emphasizing that any decision for peace must be based on justice.
Ukrainian drone attacks have again damaged Russia's Ust-Luga port in the Baltic Sea, a key fuel export hub, according to the governor, following previous attacks that also damaged a school and resulted in injuries.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia, with head-of-state honors to bid his final farewell to Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia, welcomed by government officials.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew held a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Turkish Presidential Palace in Ankara, responding to an invitation from the President.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a message on the 4th anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stating that a battlefield without gunfire is not always peace and true harmony requires restoring what was violated.