The true goal of the Christian life is acquiring the Holy Spirit of God.” Further reading: Lent, ‘a wake-up call for the soul,’ says Pope Francis In the Orthodox calendar, fasting days are ...

Christian leaders have echoed these concerns. In his Sunday homily on March 9, Patriarch John X of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch addressed Syrian President Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa ...

There were reports of Christians being caught in the crosshairs. In a Damascus sermon on Sunday, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X said "many innocent Christians were also killed ...

While reports suggest Christians have also been targeted in the violence, it is unclear how many Christians have been killed. Patriarchs from the Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Melkite Greek ...

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the tashlich ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

Millions of Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Eastern Orthodox churches around the world celebrated Epiphany on Friday, nearly two weeks after Christmas celebrations by Roman ...

The patriarchs of Syria's three main Christian churches, the Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic Churches, issued a joint statement on Saturday condemning the violence and ...

Some 80 percent of white, evangelical Christians voted for President Trump. Now, some want a policy change that could undermine a future Palestinian state. By Ephrat Livni Reporting from ...

Some media reports have been oversimplistically juxtaposing the two decisions, either lamenting or celebrating the Christian character as a repudiation of the trans one, when of course ...

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has accused new sentencing guidelines of having "blatant bias" against Christians and straight white men. The Sentencing Council, which sets out ...

In the first episode, a player named Laurie who struggles with self-doubt prays on the bench before a game, marking the first distinctly Christian character in a Disney-related project in about ...

Many of the first Christians were from a Jewish background ... In the Catholic and Protestant tradition Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, which in 2025 falls on March 5, and ends on Holy Thursday, April ...