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.

Few clerics can claim to have affected the life of their country more than His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, who has died of liver cancer, aged 69. The youngest man ...

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

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 ...

ATHENS, Greece – Tarnished by sex and corruption scandals, Greece's embattled Orthodox Church (search) approved wide-ranging reforms Saturday, including the creation of a special council to examine ...

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 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 ...