Vespers and blessing of water: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church at 7 p.m. in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo.

Christians gathered in Bethlehem, West Bank, at the Church of the Nativity ... Orthodox Easter service as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stood near at Christ ...

This solemn practice serves as a tribute to the deep suffering and passion of Jesus Christ. This day signifies the conclusion of Great Lent for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Clergy members recite ...

Nativity Catholic Church, long abandoned, was finally demolished last summer. And in Lorain, St. John’s United Church of Christ closed ... which was initially Orthodox and after 1946, Conservative.

The much younger Italian cardinal from Bergamo, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 60, who has made the Holy Land his home for more than three decades, is a highly qualified papabile, or papal contender, to ...

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity announced that ... The statement called for prayers to the Risen Christ for peace and healing in Bethlehem, extending congratulations to Christians while ...

In his Easter Sunday homily, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa emphasized that Christ’s ... for the Greek Orthodox in Bethlehem, leads the celebration as the Holy Fire ...

This solemn practice serves as a tribute to the deep suffering and passion of Jesus Christ. This day signifies the conclusion of Great Lent for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ... over the Good Friday ...

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In Greece, the sky lit up with fireworks, while worshippers in Jerusalem lit candles at the church where Jesus is said to have been crucified and buried. Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead, ...