Orthodox bishops do not answer directly to a pope or head patriarch, and could technically start ordaining women as deacons, but probably will not as long as it appears that such a move would ...

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

Marilyn Rouvelas, chair of Orthodox Deacons, a women’s ordination ministry in Virginia, said deaconesses are desperately needed in the U.S.

Carrie Frederick Frost, left, addresses a symposium on women deacons held Nov. 10-12, 2023, at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and St. Mary Orthodox Church in ...

TAMBOV, Russia (AP) — Sergei Baranov keeps his clerical robes hanging neatly in his closet, but he believes he will never again wear them inside a Russian Orthodox Church. Baranov, who had led a ...

The Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa ordained Zimbabwean Angelic Molen as a deaconess in the Orthodox Church. Taking place on May 2, Orthodox Holy Thursday, the ordination was ...

Police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki say they have arrested a Swiss national and a Greek Orthodox deacon for trafficking in what they said were holy relics, the Associated Press reports.

The Patriarch of Alexandria, who presides over the entire Orthodox Church in Africa, followed up on his 2016 decision to reintroduce women deacons and appointed six nuns to be subdeaconesses.

The Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa ordained Zimbabwean Angelic Molen as a deaconess in the Orthodox Church. Taking place on May 2, Orthodox Holy Thursday, the ordination was ...

While the Catholic Church continues to debate deaconesses, some Orthodox Churches have already embraced them, and still others look on with caution. Ani-Kristi Manvelian, 24, was ordained as a ...

The Greek Orthodox priest who stole $155,000 from his North Strabane church to feed a gambling habit told dozens of its members who packed the courtroom for his sentencing Tuesday that he felt ...

WORCESTER — A new priest, Deacon Nicholas Livingston, will be ordained during Sunday services at St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral by Metropolitan Methodios of Boston, according to an ...