It was 11 p.m. on Holy Saturday, April 19, when Easter celebrations began. The inside of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Portland remained dimly lit, as soft chanting filled the ...

A church destroyed in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces is seen during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Lukashivka village, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defense minister to implement a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine for 36 hours this week to allow Orthodox Christians to attend Christmas services, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, arrives for a meeting with ...

More than two billion Christians worldwide observed Easter on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. The holiday is considered the most important in the Christian ...

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian ...