Then, in 784, he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople by the Sovereigns Irene and her son Constantine Porphyrogenitus. He convoked the Seventh Ecumenical Council that upheld the holy icons, and ...

Patriarch Kirill (l) recently met the Patriarch of Constantinople ... Russian Church spokesman Vladimir Legoida said the ruling body, the Holy Synod, had decided to suspend participation in ...

the Holy Synod. Leading Church figure Metropolitan Hilarion said last week's move by Constantinople to recognise the independence of the Ukrainian Church went "against historical truth".