A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other Christian traditions fueling the growth of Holy Theophany Church in ...

Representatives from two Orthodox churches in Aurora along with city officials and more met at the pedestrian bridge near RiverEdge Park Saturday morning for the city’s second annual Blessing of ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

PROJECTILE BLESSING — The Rev. Andrew Nelko, priest at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, prepared to cast a large cross made of frozen holy water into the Ohio River during Saturday’s Great Blessing of ...

HELPING HANDS — Members of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and All Saints Greek Orthodox Church, both in Weirton, helped hold items essential for the churches’ Great Blessing of Water along the ...

25 in Greece due to a recent illness. He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and ...

Greece’s mobilization to strengthen the churches of the Diaspora by appointing a few hundred priests comes at a time when the ‘tug-of-war’ between Moscow and the Ecumenical Patriarchate over the ...

Therefore, they could not be mistaken for pagan worshipers. Not all church buildings face east but some still hold to a mandate toward eastern orientation. Many Eastern Orthodox churches are built to ...

At the National Prayer Breakfast, Ukrainian leaders emphasize the need for U.S. backing against systematic religious ...

The dates of Easter by the end of this decade are as follows The fact that the date of the holiday does not coincide for Christians of the Western and Eastern traditions is due to differences in the ...