In the Latin Church, believers determine how they will observe Lent (fasting is prescribed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). In contrast, the dietary observances of Orthodox Great Lent ...

The Russian Orthodox Church unveiled a monument in Yekaterinburg this week commemorating a recent military operation against ...

A damaged apartment after a rocket attack in the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine. The once-thriving neighborhood of Northern ...

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral is one of New York City’s finest buildings and most spectacular churches, and is the largest house of worship for Catholics in the city. Over 150 years ago, Archbishop ...

Those were apt words from the cathedral’s new Precentor and Sacrist, as for the next five years, he would become embroiled in an extraordinary civil war that would engulf one of Britain’s ...

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the tashlich ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

Parts of Hackney’s Orthodox Jewish community have hit out against “excessive state intervention” in the borough’s faith schools, claiming new legislation could “erode religious freedom”.

Performers and visitors to the famous gothic cathedral in the midst of the River Seine may find some subtle differences to the way sound bounces around its walls. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de ...

Forgiveness Sunday, also known as Cheesefare Sunday, marks the final Sunday before the start of Great Lent in the Greek Orthodox Church. This day emphasizes the themes of Adam and Eve’s exile from ...

St. John Greek Orthodox Church on Glenwood Avenue in Boardman starts its fish fry — the “Seafood Fest” — this Friday. There are lots of options on the menu and lots of prep work happening ...