Articles by Helena Drysdale

Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians. Photo by Bulent Kilic/afp/Getty

End of Byzantium

Besieged by a majority Turkish culture, Istanbul's Ecumenical Patriarch Barthomelew I attempts a cosmopolitan revival

Helena Drysdale 20 December 2012
Migrants resting near the Evros River on the border between Greece and Turkey at dawn

Night vigil in Thrace

Despite its turmoil, ever more people are risking their lives to enter Greece. Welcome to Europe’s most porous border

Helena Drysdale 17 September 2012