New Constantinopolitan Orthodox Holy Synod

Following the recent session of its fuller Holy Synod the Constantinopolitan Orthodox Church has announced that its lesser Holy Synod now consists of Archbishops Athanasios of Chalcedon and Gregorios of Thyateira and Metropolitans Germanos of Theodoroupolis, Germanos of Tranoupolis, Ambrose of Karpathos and Kassos, Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos, John of Pergamum, Iakovos of the Princes' Islands, Theolyptos of Iconium, Gerasimos of San Francisco, Evgenios of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, and Ambrose of Seoul in addition, of course, to Patriarch Bartholomew (Arhontonis) of Constantinople. More here.

Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox Hierarchs of San Francisco Embark on Ecumenical Pilgrimage Together

Metropolitan Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco have embarked on a joint pilgrimage to the centers of their respective churches in an effort to further movement towards Orthodox Christian and Roman Catholic unity. Apparently there's mutual recognition of sacraments between the Churches of Rome and Constantinople, but this recognition has not apparently been communicated to the other Local Orthodox Churches ;-). Regardless, more on the trip here.