For years, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria (the Orthodox Church in the continent of ... and performed social work; the deaconess assisted the bishop during the baptism of women ...

KOTTAYAM: In a clear indication that peace remains elusive among the warring Jacobite and Orthodox factions of the Malankara Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) on Tuesday ...

The Supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church anointed the new leader of their Church in India during a solemn ceremony in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on March 25. Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the ...

Kottayam: Supreme head of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Baselios Marthoma Mathews III came out in support of the agitating ASHA workers, urging authorities to view their protests with sympathy.

A visitation period will be held at the Annunciation Albanian Orthodox Church, 37 Washington St ... be made in Mary’s memory to: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Office of Philanthropy ...

Up to the present day, Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox ... there is substantial evidence that the office of deaconess existed within the Armenian Church, particularly in the Armenian ...

In Orthodoxy, in 2017, five women were consecrated as deaconesses (or as subdeacons) in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, by the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria. Other Church leaders ...

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...

The Orthodox Church is now well on the way to restoring ... For example, many women may actually prefer to be visited by an ordained woman deaconess in hospital than a priest not because it ...