One morning in October of 2023, Miami police were called to remove a “squatter” who had, or so the ecclesiastical complainants claimed, taken up illegal residence in one of South Florida’s oldest ...

While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be ...

In 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece and came to the US to start Saint Anthony Orthodox Monastery in the Arizona desert.

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 ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... For the Jewish people of those times and orthodox Jews to this day, all human life has as its author the one God whose creative ...

This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated. The Commonwealth is a worldwide family of nations united by shared values ...

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 ...

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, ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks ...