YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A bishop in the influential Armenian Apostolic Church has been charged with coercing citizens into taking part in public gatherings in the latest in a series of arrests against ...
Under the unblinking gaze of three owl-eyed icons in a mural painted at the head of the church, two rows of white-clad parishioners faced each other while singing and ringing sets of brass chimes to ...
Disaster struck when, in the hundreds, the worshippers climbed on a makeshift scaffold to catch a glimpse of a mural on the ...
It is not uncommon for Ethiopians to lament Egypt’s centuries-long thirst for control over Ethiopia’s natural resources and spiritual values. History shows ...
A wooden scaffolding collapse at an Ethiopian Orthodox church kills at least 36 and injures 200 after worshippers crowded ...
Addis Ababa, 03 October, 2025 / 8:25 pm (ACI Africa). Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) have expressed solidarity with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church following the ...
An Orthodox nun, once a leading female intellectual within her highly patriarchal faith, has been stripped of her status after publicly opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Before 2022, Sister Vassa ...
Before 2022, Sister Vassa Larin was best known as an Orthodox nun who taught thousands on YouTube about saints and holy days. She became one of the most prominent female intellectuals in Orthodoxy — ...