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

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the idea of the Vatican was ‘a bit inelegant’ as Russia and Ukraine were Eastern ...

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. There are many parallels between the beliefs ... In one case, that of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, such a dispute found no resolution short of schism within the church ...

A quiet yet symbolically significant gathering took place on May 17 at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo.

Christian leaders stress that the council and its anniversary still have relevance in the modern day, despite theological ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, offered Middle Eastern ... of the Great Schism, working toward a renewed koinonia — a true communion — with the Orthodox churches, in ...

Pope Leo XIV is willing to host peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv, yet Russia's stance towards the Vatican is likely to ...

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, one day after he attended the papal inauguration ceremony.