The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, following a ...

Western Christians call this coming Sunday Trinity Sunday, while Orthodox Christians will celebrate Pentecost. The vestments are different colors in different faith traditions, and in Orthodox ...

The efforts to resolve the dispute within the Malankara Church have received a boost with three Oriental Orthodox Churches stepping in to facilitate peace negotiations. According to sources ...

Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, speaks during a plenary session at the 50th World Economic Forum annual meeting. the spiritual leader of Orthodox ...

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 ...

While many Christians around the world celebrate Easter based on the Gregorian calendar, millions follow the older Julian calendar, leading to a distinct celebration known as Orthodox Easter ...

have accused the Russian Orthodox Church of being nothing more than an arm of the Kremlin, dressed in religious vestments but doing Putin's bidding. Writing in the magazine First Things ...

Rabbi Ari Berman delivering the benediction at Trump's 2025 Inauguration President Donald Trump once again turned to the Orthodox community to give a benediction on behalf of American Jewry at his ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing holes in icy ponds and rivers Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the ...

Ben Christenson was raised Anglican — church every Sunday, a religious school, and Christian camp every summer. But Christenson, 27 of Fairfax, Virginia, always found himself longing for a more ...

Stalker 2 will force you to make a bunch of tough choices, and one of the first will be who to give the Orthodox icon to: Mityay or Pomor. Both of these men would like to keep the painting ...

But for almost half of US Orthodox Christians, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses, and receiving communion from a shared spoon and chalice, liturgical services ...