Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas who clashed with traditional Catholics, but hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had been ...

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

The Ecumenical Patriarchate proposes a unified Easter for Orthodox and Catholics starting April 20, 2025, aiming to overcome ...

Ukraine. A nation that has its own language and culture. Over hundreds of years the territory now known as the state of Ukraine has been populated by other ethnicities, such ...

The Akathist Hymn is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five Fridays of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church (the first four in parts and the fifth in ...

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In Eastern or Orthodox churches, Easter's date is often different ... Fools,” which predates France’s switch to the Gregorian Calendar. In medieval churches, hierarchy was inverted every New Year’s ...