A Memorandum on Collaboration on Cultural Heritage Issues between the Georgian Apostolic Autocephaly Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia has been agreed for ...

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

The Monsey, New York resident was an early and outspoken voice about LGBTQ inclusion in the Orthodox Jewish community.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America praised President Donald Trump and compared him to ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Indeed, many of those interviewed reported maintaining select Jewish practices such as davening or Shabbat dinner, even if not necessarily within a halachic framework, and staying connected with Ortho ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church. Before discussing ... to the liturgy used by the Orthodox churches. After the schism between ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... For the Jewish people of those times and orthodox Jews to this day, all human life has as its author the one God whose creative ...

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 ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks ...