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 ...

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 ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Young, single men are flocking to the Orthodox church after discovering the “masculine” Christian religion through online influencers. Some converts said they felt disillusioned with the ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

Stavrophor Rajko Kosic surveys about a hundred small bundles of straw and dried leaves that will be thrown onto a burning yule log during Holy Resurrection Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church’s ...

Unlike most other Christian denominations, the Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on 7 January. This date reflects their adherence to the Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC. More ...

Seraphim Holland, a priest at the St Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKinney, Texas, has witnessed a surge of converts in recent years - James Breeden/Breeden Media LLC ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Pope Francis emphasized that hope is “always possible” in Jesus Christ during an ecumenical vespers service marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

The opening of 600 positions for Greek Orthodox priests in the diaspora is expected soon, Proto Thema reported. To date, a large part of the clergy abroad do not have a regular salary, insurance or ...

On January 6, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Epiphany, which commemorates John the Baptist’s baptism of Christ in the River Jordan and the divine revelation of the Holy ...