Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, left, light candles for Christian pilgrims during the Holy Fire ...

Minutes before midnight, the gold-leafed interior of St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church in downtown San Francisco began to glow with candlelight as parishioners filed inside for Easter prayers that ...

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, located off East Ave. in Erie, is preparing for Holy Week with its long-standing custom of ...

Six months after the invasion of Ukraine, the Putin regime announced a document titled “State Policy for the Preservation and ...

The interior ministry said the FSB security service ... Religious life in Russia is dominated by the Russian Orthodox Church, which is championed by and loyal to President Vladimir Putin. Some ...

Russian Orthodox church officials escaped a defamation lawsuit on Monday from a bishop who said church officials falsely accused him of forging documents. Alexander Belya failed to show the officials ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church on Saturday held an inauguration ceremony for its new Archbishop Joan, who succeeded Archbishop Anastasios following his death in January. The ceremony was held at the ...

(AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) People gather during an inauguration ceremony of Albania’s Orthodox Church for its new Archbishop Joan, outside the Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, Albania, ...

As well as being declared uncanonical, the text was ruled to be overly exclusive of Biblical translations, especially those of the Russian Orthodox Church. A representative of International Christian ...

The icon was eventually brought to Philadelphia where Father Athanasy served at the Russian Orthodox Church of Our Lady of Joy of All Who Sorrow and where a parishioner first noticed weeping on ...