A suicide bomber in Syria on Sunday opened fire before detonating an explosive vest inside an Eastern Orthodox church filled with people praying, killing at least 25 and wounding 63 others, local ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...

Olga Michael, a Yup'ik woman from a remote Alaska Native village, has been declared the first female Orthodox saint from North America, honoured for her compassion, humility, and lifelong service to ...

White is among the Eastern Orthodox faithful, including those of Russian, Serbian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Macedonian ethnic roots, who celebrate Easter or Pascha today.

An Alaska Native woman is the newest saint for the Orthodox Church in America. St. Olga was canonized last week in the tiny southwest Alaska village of Kwethluk, and she is the first female Orthodox ...

The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Woburn holds one of the earlier ones, over four days — from 4-10 p.m. on Thursday, May 29 (Gyro Night); from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, May 30, and ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, was released from a Washington hospital Monday morning after an overnight stay early in his 12-day visit to ...

As Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I is "primus inter pares" (first among equals) among the patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is its spiritual leader.

Ultra-Orthodox parties in prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition are threatening to vote with the opposition next week in favour of a Bill calling for early elections. Elections must be ...

DWEIL’A, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least ...

DWEIL’A, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and ...

But the politically powerful ultra-Orthodox, who make up roughly 13% of Israel's population, have traditionally received exemptions from the military while studying full-time in religious ...