Orthodox priests sing and pray during a mass for the 'sanctification of honey' around honey jars with candles arranged in ...

A new report calls for the Russian Federation to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism, finding that Russia is ...

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, unanimously elected on February 9 Branitsa Bishop Pahomiy as the new Metropolitan of Vidin. The 14 to zero vote means that Pahomiy, ...

An Orthodox priest speaks during a mass for the 'sanctification of honey', at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin church ...

All the rites in use today evolved from the liturgical practices and ecclesiastical ... if not identical to the liturgy used by the Orthodox churches. After the schism between the churches in ...

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Patriarch Kirill of Russia's Orthodox Church warns of neo-pagan influences in Ukraine's combat zone, urging clergy to counter ...

Traditional 'Honey Day' mass in Bulgaria's Blagoevgrad [Restrictions: Spain, Latin America, or the U.S. Hispanic market] ...

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 ...

2399 The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally ...

Children participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony in Aşağioba, Hatay, Turkey, on Oct. 23, 2024. The ribbon cutting ceremony ...

"This is because they reject the religious legitimacy of orthodox practice." Today, Ismailis has around 15 million followers worldwide. They form significant minority communities, particularly in ...