Archons6.13 - App Store

Archons App, brought to you by the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, is your one-stop destination for content pertaining to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America. We keep you informed about the statements and activities of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as well as about the efforts of the Archons to defend the freedom and prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the religious freedom of persecuted Christians around the world, and much more.
Archons App contains these valuable features:
. Patriarchate News: The latest on the words and deeds of the worldwide spiritual father of Orthodox Christians, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
. Archon News: Up-to-the-minute reports on the spiritual leadership and actions of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle to defend and promote the Orthodox Christian faith and tradition, as well as to protect and promote the Mother Church of Constantinople and its sacred mission.
. Persecution News: News from the ongoing initiative of the Archons to call attention to the disturbing increase in the persecution of Christians in the broad area of the Holy Lands and the Middle East, and elsewhere as well.
. Photo Gallery: Exclusive photos of the activities of His All-Holiness and the Archons.
. Video Gallery: Exclusive video of speeches of His All-Holiness, special events of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, and more.
. History of the Ecumenical Patriarchate: A brisk and informative overview of the notable events in the history of the First-Throned See of Constantinople, plus photos of its most important sites, and important information about the history of the Orthodox Church in general.
. Issues: The primary challenges and difficulties confronting the Ecumenical Patriarchate today, and what the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle are doing to meet and overcome them.
. Archon Members: Biographical data about these well-known, distinguished, and well-respected leaders of the Orthodox Christian community, who have been honored by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for their outstanding service to the Church.

Version History • Fixed initial loader visibility issue, especially in dark theme..
• Removed duplicate native/custom loading indicators..
• Centered the initial loader vertically below the header..
• Added pull-to-refresh support inside nested Archon News, Religion & Faith, and Foundation screens..
• Fixed refresh spinner not stopping after data loading..
• Fixed selected Religion & Faith tabs scrolling too far to the left..
• Updated tab scrolling to handle variable/long tab widths correctly..
• Fixed landscape carousel image cropping on tablet..
• Fixed tablet “View the Schedule” button being cut off.. 6.13 6d ago Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash when “Archon News” was tapped. 6.10 Jun 9 -Added share and bookmark icons for pages 6.9 May 25 -Added share and bookmark icons to the photo gallery albums 6.8 May 12 Update to improve logo retrieval during app startup. 6.7 Mar 25 This update includes routine maintenance and stability improvements across both platforms. We updated core libraries for iOS to ensure compatibility with the latest operating system versions and improve overall performance. Additionally, a page size display issue on Android devices has been corrected to provide a more consistent and reliable user experience.
No new features were introduced in this release. 6.6 12/24/2025 –Corrects the appearance of web-view Posts and Pages in both Dark Mode and Light Mode 6.5 02/25/2025 –Category API updates 6.4 02/11/2025 –Photo Album: Fixes an issue in which photo descriptions were not populating
–Members: Display changed to webview
–EPBF Founders: Display changed to webview 6.2 01/02/2025 – Fixes to iPad image-height ratios 6.1 11/18/2024 —Improved Navigation
—Visual Enhancements 6.0 10/17/2024 –News posts now converted to web view 5.16 09/06/2024 -Bug fixes to the Faith Alert categories and news archives 5.5 06/12/2024 - Improved Performance
- Fixed known bugs 5.4 06/05/2024 - This version of the app will get content from new website
- Bug fixes and performance improvement 5.3 05/17/2024 Fixes content to load in the Spotlight section
Performance Improvement 5.2 03/02/2024 Fixes content to load in the Spotlight section
Fixes crashing when Add Shortcut feature is used 5.1 09/19/2023 – Updates to our brand identity 5.0 08/25/2023 –New Feature: Ability to “Download Original” images from Photos section
–Display issue resolved on Emeritus screen
–Suffixes now properly display on the Who We Are and Members card and details screen
–Rendering issue resolved on navigation bar on Members area when viewed in Dark Mode
–Display issue resolved on Exarchs Appeal and Archon Candidate screens
–Minor styling fixes to menus 4.5 03/20/2023 Fixes an issue inside Sections area where submenus were hidden, due to a device’s accessibility dynamic text size settings 4.4 12/24/2021 –Fixes a known issue in which 2021 members were not appearing
–Fixes a reported issue relating to members Filter showing incorrect number in red button
–Fixes a reported issue where submenu was hidden in Regional Commanders section 4.3 11/24/2021 –Fix the mislabeling of section Top News carousels
–Fix to Archon Top News carousel limit 4.0.1 09/17/2021 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation
–Introducing the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation, the watershed initiative of the Order!
–Meet the Foundation Founders, and discover why they supported the Mother Church
–Learn about more Ways To Give

Order of Saint Andrew
–Redesigned Top News section
–Introducing the Archon Engagement Committees
–Improved Video playlist organization
–Navigation and Shortcut improvements
–Improvements for Horizontal orientation

Christian Persecution
–Top News section offers greater emphasis on concerns in Turkey
–Featuring article count on Persecution Categories of Concern 4.0 09/15/2021 —Fix to Dark Mode prompt repeating itself 3.8 06/02/2021 —Refactored App for performance improvements and bug fixes 3.7 05/29/2021