ATHENS — Archbishop Christodoulos, the head of Greece’s Orthodox Church, who welcomed rapprochement with the Vatican and revitalized his congregation but was criticized for meddling in politics and ...

The leader of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but was viewed as reactionary by his liberal critics, died Monday. He was 69.

Hundreds of mourners, many sobbing, gathered Monday at Athens's cathedral to file past the remains of Archbishop Christodoulos, the first leader of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church to welcome a ...

The bishops of the Church of Greece on Thursday elected Bishop Ieronymos of Thebes and Livadia as the new archbishop of Athens and All Greece. The head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop ...

Christodoulos, who headed the church for a decade, was first hospitalized in Athens in June before being diagnosed with cancer of the liver and large intestine. He spent 10 weeks in Miami but an ...

Schools, courts and government offices were closed as Christodoulos was accorded honours typically granted to heads of state, reflecting the power of a church that represents 97 per cent of Greece’s ...

In his encyclical Deus caritas est, Benedict XVI wrote that the church must keep its distance from “partisan strategies and programs,” but, at the same time, that the faith must play a vital role in ...

Greek fugitive Christodoulos Xiros is seen at the police headquarters in Athens in this handout provided by the Greek Police on January 3, 2015. Greek fugitive Christodoulos Xiros is seen at the ...

ATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of mourners, many sobbing, gathered Monday at Athens' cathedral to file past the remains of Archbishop Christodoulos, the first leader of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church to ...

Elected in April 1998 as the youngest ever leader of Greece's national Church, Christodoulos burst onto the stage with vigour, soon earning the nickname "The Thunderbolt". Proclaiming to young people ...

ATHENS, Greece | Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking ...