How Christianity blurred the line between celibacy and androgyny.

By the time of the First Council of Nicaea (325 AD), the Bishop of Rome had begun gaining ... Christianity into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Later, the Avignon Papacy (1309 ...

Pope Francis is the most unconventional bishop of Rome in modern times ... His ascension to the throne was unexpected by the public and undesired by the man himself. Bergoglio was consecrated ...

to the fullness of life in the freedom and dignity of God's children," said the bishops. "We know that one morning, we will receive the long-awaited call: 'The war is over,' and we will offer our ...

"With this cross, I pray you bring peace to the world and make America invincible!" said Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America kicked off this year’s Greek Independence Day at the ...

Greek Independence Day, on March 25, marks the beginning of the Greek revolt against Ottoman rule in 1821 and overlaps with the Feast of the Annunciation.

Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall ...

A FORMER Russian Orthodox priest, now ministering as an Anglican, has urged Western church support for a close friend arrested in Moscow and accused of plotting to kill a senior Russian Orthodox ...