“The Russian Orthodox Church doesn’t recognize those decisions and won’t fulfill them,” Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev said in Belarus after a meeting of the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Eastern Orthodox churches take Lent and Easter practices seriously By Bill Sherman Tulsa World Mar 25, 2017 Mar 25, 2017 0 1 of 5 ...

Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with ...

In rare instances, this will align with Catholic Easter, but Orthodox Easter falls between April 4 and May 8, following the first full moon after Passover. Father Matthew Moore says this isn’t ...

The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates Easter a week later than the Western Christian Church. The new St. Luke Orthodox Church in north Spokane will hold Easter service at midnight Saturday, April ...

The Middle East is home to one of the world’s most ancient Christian church - the Orthodox Church, originally founded by the apostles of Christ and referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church ...

COMMENTARY: What is the Eastern Orthodox practice concerning divorce, remarriage and the sacraments? And can it help the Latin Church and the Catholic Church ...

A schism has erupted within the eastern Orthodox church, threatening bitter divisions for its roughly 300 million followers. Stemming from the deadly war in eastern Ukraine, a power struggle has ...

The Eastern Orthodox Church follows a different calendar from the Roman Catholic Church and will celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Theo Karantsalis Special to the Miami Herald ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, has condemned Russia's invasion in a phone call to the head of the Orthodox Church of ...