“During its investigation, the Archdiocese was unable to confirm a precise amount of church funds that were misused but, as ...

If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its ...

The Orthodox Christian tradition is strong in the tiny village of Kwethluk, Alaska. It recently welcomed clergy and pilgrims from around the world to canonize a local midwife and healer as a saint.

Olga Michael, a Yup'ik woman from a remote Alaska Native village, has been declared the first female Orthodox saint from North America, honoured for her compassion, humility, and lifelong service to ...

St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female ...

St. Olga, a Yup'ik woman who died in 1979 at age 63, was a midwife, a mother of 13 and the wife of an Orthodox Christian ...

Now, the Orthodox Church in America and three other branches of Orthodox churches are filing a separate lawsuit over the law, saying it violates their First Amendment rights. They are represented by a ...

Orthodox churches have joined the Catholic bishops of Washington in a lawsuit against a state law requiring clergy violate the seal of confession or face jail time.

Miami’s historic Sts. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church faces major changes as a legal fight over ownership is decided in favor of the Orthodox Church in America.

It’s tied to the early Christian churches of Syria and Lebanon. The region is also home to Romanian, Ethiopian and Eritrean congregations, plus the Orthodox Church in America.

That survey is from the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), which was established by Russian monks in Alaska in the late 18th Century and now has more than 700 parishes, missions, communities ...