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

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the ...

THE senior Russian Orthodox bishop who allegedly the target of a murder plot by two ethnic Ukrainian laymen has asked to meet ...

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 ...

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 ...

St. Patrick’s Day is widely associated with Irish culture and Roman Catholic traditions, but the day also holds significant meaning in the Orthodox Christian Church in Greece. Every year, on March 17, ...

At the end of the twentieth century, Chaim Grade preserved the memory of a Jewish tradition besieged by the forces of ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill explains why he finds the ancient collection of books that make up the Bible fascinating.

The petition was filed by Gilbert Cheeran, a member of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, citing Supreme Court orders in this regard. He contended that it was wrong to spend public funds on the ...

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, ...