The SS Peter and Paul Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral congregation gathers Jan. 6 outside to view the badnjak, a bonfire of burning Christmas trees.

"St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska," as she is officially known, was canonized June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America.

White is among the Eastern Orthodox faithful, including those of Russian, Serbian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Macedonian ethnic roots, who celebrate Easter or Pascha today.

News about Russian Orthodox Church, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, was released from a Washington hospital Monday morning after an overnight stay early in his 12-day visit to ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in an elaborate ceremony to canonize St. Olga Michael in her remote ...

Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter For most people, Easter has come and gone. But for some Christians in South Jersey, today ma… ...

SEARSMONT, Maine (WABI) - Christmas is probably the last thing on your mind right about now. But a group of volunteers in Searsmont is working hard *now* to make sure our active military members ...

Yes, we should prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” because it is more expressive of the truth we are celebrating. But “Merry Christmas” will only regain its meaning if we live ...

Listed below are some religious holidays and the dates on which they fall during the academic year. This is not intended as an exhaustive list but simply identifies some of the more common major ...

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