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Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025.
A Texas Green Orthodox church is embarking on the final phase of a multimillion-dollar, yearslong expansion project amid rapid growth.
This year, Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox Christians will mark Easter on the same day, Sunday, April 20. The shared date is relatively rare due to the different calendars used by Western and ...
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 ...
A new poll shows stark differences between Haredi and Modern Orthodox Jewish support for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Ukraine has adopted a law to ban religious groups linked to Moscow in a move targeting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which the government has accused of complicity in Russia’s full-scale ...
Ukraine Banned Orthodox Church in August 2024? Some social media users accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of outlawing Christianity in Ukraine.
A new book details one Orthodox Jewish woman’s journey from married to a man to coming out as a lesbian.
The Christian Orthodox Church in Ireland has officially ordained its first Metropolitan (head of a large city or diocese).
Europe’s Orthodox world is in moral turmoil As Patriarch Kirill of Moscow grows increasingly radical, Orthodox priests and their congregations in Moldova and Estonia have starting severing ties with ...
Though its authenticity is disputed, the “Holy Fire” refers to a flame of purported divine origin that ignites inside Jesus’ tomb.
Nationalism sparked by simmering ethnic strife – rooted in conflict between disparate ethnic groups and triggered by language, influence and resources – is tearing Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church apart.