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

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 ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew emphasized that the granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is a fait accompli and cannot be reversed by propaganda or war. According to Ecumenical ...

Pope Francis sent his condolences to the Orthodox Church in Albania on Monday following the recent death of Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos, who led that church for nearly 33 years.

Explore religious figures shaping global events in 2025. From influential leaders to rising voices, this four-part series ...

including the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), retained the old Julian calendar, resulting in a 13-day difference. Despite this calendar discrepancy, all consider the date of Christ's birth December 25.

Feb 04, 1874 Frances Havergal Wrote 'Take My Life and Let it Be' ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted on Friday that he did not deny or question the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey, responding to a wave of condemnation of his comments on the subject ...

After elaborate provisions made in 1959 to ensure a balancing of interests and to safeguard the (Moslem) Turkish minority, Cyprus achieved independence, the Orthodox Church’s position was ...

Wojtyla ascended rapidly through the Catholic hierarchy after this, becoming an auxiliary bishop in ... The pope sought reconciliation with various branches of Christianity, including the eastern ...