Thousands converted and were baptised, and the Christian faith continued to grow and expand from that point on. In Greek Orthodox doctrine, Pentecost was the fulfilment of Jesus’ mission on Earth and ...

Panagia Vefa, an Orthodox Church where people of all faiths go to make a wish. Video screenshot. Noah Amir Arjomand/You Tube Panagia Vefa is a Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul where, on the first day ...

April 20 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill ...

Debre Selam Medanialem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Melbourne/Facebook Tsebhi derho, a spicy chicken stew with whole boiled eggs inside, will be on the menu for the Easter Sunday family ...

DSK Mariam is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches — one of the oldest Christian faiths in Africa. There’s keen interest in preserving Ge’ez, and other traditions of the faith ...

All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics. A Christian refers to a follower of Jesus Christ who may be a Catholic, Protestant, Gnostic, Mormon, Evangelical, Anglican or ...

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 visited refugees on Lesvos, Greece in 2016 and 2021. Credit: AMNA Pope Francis’ passing marks the end of a historic chapter, one that touched Greece and the Orthodox World profoundly.

It was opened by Muslim President Abdul Fattah El-Sisi in 2019. Since 1980, the ranks of Egypt’s Coptic monks have swelled by 300 per cent. The associated Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which ...