A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious ...

At the National Prayer Breakfast, Ukrainian leaders emphasize the need for U.S. backing against systematic religious ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...

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

25 in Greece due to a recent illness. He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and ...

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 ...

Greece’s mobilization to strengthen the churches of the Diaspora by appointing a few hundred priests comes at a time when the ‘tug-of-war’ between Moscow and the Ecumenical Patriarchate over the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.