Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter this weekend. Festivities around Europe included candle-filled church services, painted eggs and even firework battles. Orthodox Christians around the world ...

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.

Yet in a distinction that dates back centuries, Orthodox Christians follow the Julian calendar and mark the festival on January 7 instead. Orthodox Christmas – and the long-standing rift between ...

At the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Orthodox clergy and faithful welcomed the May 8 election of ...

Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...

Visitors will get to see unique medieval wall paintings, rich frescoes and icons when a historic Shrewsbury church throws ...

Among the reasons cited is the fact that both Russia and Ukraine are predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries, while the ...

This year, in a rare occurrence, the holiday fell on the same day for both Catholic and Orthodox Christians, for the first time since 2017. Easter was fondly welcomed in Europe, with many major ...

Christmas is over, so why are 12 percent of the world’s Christians waiting until ... both in majority-Orthodox countries in Eastern Europe, like Russia and Greece, and in communities in Ethiopia ...

This Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Jesus’ resurrection on the same day. The rare alignment of the churches, which have been ...