By Nick Stamatakis
A mere look at the picture above from yesterday's dinner for the Founders of the Bartholomew Foundation says it all: Karloutsos in the middle of the crowd lost among the many "Archons" and other participants. His position...
ENGLISH AND GREEK REPORTS FOLLOW ALONG WITH VIDEO
By Nick Stamatakis
I have noted many times the contrarian, anti-Christian, personality of Pat. Bartholomew and I recently have said that when he has a choice (and he almost always has) between continuing...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): Many thanks to Matthew Namee of orthodoxhistory.org for bringing to the forefront this 1995 speech by Pat. Bartholomew in Switzerland - intending to honor him... The Patriarch devotes much of his speech to the concept...
MAIN PHOTO: At the meeting with Sec. Blinken Karloutsos is sitting silently at the end of the table, probably thinking, I arranged for the WH meeting and these useless Turks are now talking foreign policy? Better not open my...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): I have noted many times the contrarian character of Pat. Bartholomew. This is the latest manifestation. Referring to the Christianization of the Rus in 10th century AD he claims that "we civilized" them also, using...
PHOTO: The closing of the ceremony was telling as the "Hierarchs of the Throne" encircle Met. Emmanuel in an unofficial enthronement of him as Patriarch...
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GREEK TRANSLATION FOLLOWS
Unofficial enthronement of the disgraced former Met. of France as Patriarch! Not a...
Helleniscope calls on each and every one of you, clergy and laity, to follow this link to change.org and sign the declaration of Independence of our Church from the Patriarchate
PHOTO: A meaningful moment as Metropolitan Theodosius of OCA welcomes Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC, 1990
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Patriarch Demetrios, truly a holy man, and his entourage arrived in Washington DC from Constantinople on July 2, 1990, with...
OUR PLEDGE
The undersigned Greek Orthodox Americans hereby declare an unwavering and unconditional commitment to our faith and to its self-governing independence in our beloved American homeland.
We declare our right to self-governance to be one and same with all other...
By Mihalis Papaconstantinou
In the summer of 2012, my family and I took a Mediterranean cruise to Constantinople. There, we found ourselves on a tour of the Topkapi Palace where the Sultans used to live. In response to a question...
