This question has been back on the agenda following the visit of Bartholomew, the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch, to the White House on September 15. Bartholomeos, who met with President Trump, stated that they discussed the reopening of the Heybeliada Seminary in Istanbul, the situation of Christians in West Asia, and the Ukrainian Church. Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew uses the ...
The Center for Geostrategic Studies organized an International Conference on June 30, 2025, at the Belgrade Press Center, entitled: „The Church and Schisms, Abuse of Religion for Geopolitical Purposes.” The conference dealt, among other topics, with the role that Patriarch Bartholomew plays in geopolitical contexts. Uwidata presents below the summary of the conference as published by the Center for Geostrategic ...
The Fener (Istanbul) Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Ukraine (20-24 August) has already caused reactions from the Russian Orthodox Church. As I wrote in my previous articles, tensions between Istanbul and Moscow Patriarchates turned into a serious conflict and resulted in the termination of relations between these two significant churches of the Orthodox world because of the situation in Ukraine. In ...
Istanbul (Fener) Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Ukraine has already sparked tensions and reactions in the Orthodox world. As we will see, these tensions have more to do with geopolitics than religion. As I mentioned in a previous article (Religion and Geopolitics: The Split in the Orthodox World: https://unitedworldint.com/15021-religion-and-geopolitics-the-split-in-the-orthodox-world/), this is a matter of conflict between the Istanbul (Fener) Patriarchate and ...