Once, on a road trip in Greece, I stopped with my husband and dad at a centuries-old Orthodox monastery to view its famous ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

Father Grigorios, a Greek monk lived 38 years, almost alone, in a medieval monastery-fortress on the small Ionian island of ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ...

The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.

The Abbess of Kuremäe Convent Filareta Kalatšova sent an open letter to members of the Riigikogu, claiming that if the ...

The publication of the Vatican declaration Fiducia supplicans in December 2023, allowing the blessing of same-sex couples in ...

Hungarian government contributes 60 million forints (EUR 145,000) for refurbishing Syriac Orthodox Monastery Tristan Azbej, the state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians and the head of the ...

People plunge in cold water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany as the temperature dropped to about -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) near the Achairsky monastery outside the Siberian city ...

People plunge in icy water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany near the St. Serafimovsky Monastery on Russian Island in Russian far east port Vladivostok, Russia, Sunday, Jan. Sweden sends soldiers ...