The Holy Feast of Epiphany, or Theophany, or the Feast of Light, is greatly celebrated in the Orthodox world. It commemorates Christ's baptism, his blessing of the Jordan River, and the divine ...

On Feb. 1, the Georgia House of Representatives made ... Esther Panitch introduced Rabbi Miriam Udel, a female Orthodox rabbi, to lead the opening prayer. Udel’s husband, Adam Zachary Newton ...

“Our bishop, Alexei — from everything we know and everything we’ve researched — is the first Orthodox bishop to have ever stayed in the Bishop’s House,” Gray said. “It was just an ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly blessing prayer. Today in History: May 28 ...

WARSAW/BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Victoria, a Ukrainian refugee, is celebrating Orthodox Christmas in Poland with a simple prayer - that next year she will be back at home. The 40-year-old is one ...