At one of these funerals, a large color slide of the deceased was projected onto the wall facing the mourners, while in both ...

At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros, who leads the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America visited New Orleans Friday, bringing a message ...

In Orthodox Christian iconography, a peculiar icon of Saint Christopher can be seen, depicting him with a dog's head.

Orthodox Jew and the other an observant Muslim, explore how both of these traditions navigated their engagement with American culture and civilization. And the more they explain their own community, ...

St. Patrick is as a Roman Catholic figure, but a church in Grevena, in northern Greece, has always celebrated him.

A Russian priest has proposed the 'Day of the Myrrh-bearing Women' as a replacement for Women's Day Read Full Article at ...

A quintessential Addis Ababa experience begins at a place like Tomoca Coffee on Wavel Street, one of the city's original ...

Every year, the majority of Christians around the world, Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant, participate in what is arguably one of the most counter-cultural traditions — the season of Lent. This ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has expressed its opposition to the celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, with ...

"I was very surprised by the fact that most of the respondents overwhelmingly still had very positive feelings towards the Orthodox Jewish community," one of the authors told JNS.The post ...