Turov hosted solemn celebrations marking the 1020th anniversary of the Turov eparchy of the Belarusian Orthodox Church ...

Emma Stuart from Manorcunningham spent her Easter in Athens. In a special feature, she tells us how Holy Week brought ...

After nearly two decades of planning, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Macon is unveiling ... underway involves mounting and painting the icons directly onto the church walls.

IF JERUSALEM is to remain, as many see it, the beating heart of Christianity, then it needs its lifeblood: its Christian ...

People stand in line to kiss an icon during the celebration of Orthodox Easter at Cross Lower Church of the ... of All Time Quezon shrine draws over 6M Holy Week pilgrims Potential rematch against ...

The church’s murals, adorned with symbols like the cross and icons ... rooted in Orthodox Christianity. “Faith in God was not abstract. It was specific, unwavering, and directed toward the Triune ...

The reason is simple: Holy Week and Lent are periods of mourning. During Holy Week the Greek Orthodox Church mourns the Passion of ... protecting himself with the sign of the Cross. He slayed the ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated ... they make the symbol of a cross in the air with the smoke of the candle above the door. Devout followers are said to light an oil candle inside the home ...

Holy Friday is the day of mourning, when many people go to church to commemorate the death of Jesus on the cross. On Saturday evening ... During the festivities, the miraculous icon of Panagia is ...

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or ...

In Matharpacady, Mazgaon, a holy cross built in the 19th century to ward off the bubonic plague miraculously protected residents. An oratory was constructed around it in 1875. The Matharpacady ...

Pastor Dan Hauser is all smiles April 27 at a groundbreaking for the expansion of Holy Cross Lutheran Church & School in Indianapolis. Roughly a quarter of the school's 602 students live in ...