Eastern Catholic (bottom right) and other bishops at the Second Vatican Council. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Lothar Wolleh CC BY 3.0. Imagine walking into a church, where spectacular icons stare down ...

The Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul, which was demolished after the Fall, became an orchard. In 1750, it was bought by an Epirote, one of the thousands who left mountainous mainland Greece and ...

This year, Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox Christians will mark Easter on the same day, Sunday, April 20. The shared date is relatively rare due to the different calendars used by Western and ...

The Orthodox icon Virgin of Kazan is projected on the dome of Kazansky Cathedral in snowfall during the Orthodox Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo ...

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History of the Orthodox Church. Although originally the Eastern and Western Christians shared the same faith, the two sides began to separate after the seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 A.D. and are ...

Using survey data from 2020 through 2023, the study found 44 percent of Orthodox churches remained open during the pandemic, compared to just 12 percent of all US congregations. Only 31 percent of ...

On Aug. 20, 2024, The New York Times reported "Ukraine's Parliament passed a bill on Tuesday creating a legal path to ban a Russian-aligned branch of the Orthodox church, furthering a long, post ...

Ukraine has adopted a law to ban religious groups linked to Moscow in a move targeting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which the government has accused of complicity in Russia’s full-scale ...