A museum director in Turkey has been fired after it was revealed that she had been illegally removing parts of an ancient Greek church.

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 ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

The beards — and often the very long hair — of Orthodox priests and other holy men are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western religious men. Credit: Greek ...

Thousands converted and were baptised, and the Christian faith continued to grow and expand from that point on. In Greek Orthodox doctrine, Pentecost was the fulfilment of Jesus’ mission on Earth and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew leads the official door-opening ceremony of lower Manhattan’s St ...

One theologian said Africa’s celebrations of the Christian framework would exhibit the continent’s rich theological heritage ...

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, ...

Better known among local residents as the Church of Saint Paraskeva, the church hides a rare depiction of the White Angel—a heavenly guardian with white wings, different from anything known in Serbian ...

Celebrating Easter together might seem like a simple expression of union, but it can also breathe new life into efforts ...

The first worshipers were welcomed on May 6, the day after Orthodox Easter, while some Christian frescoes were covered with curtains. Mitsotakis immediately expressed "his strong dissatisfaction." ...