Significant differences have existed between the Orthodox and Catholic denominations of Christianity since the Great Schism ...

Why are Orthodox and Catholic Easter usually set on different dates ? This year Catholic Easter is on April 5 and Orthodox on ...

Nearly 90% of the world’s Christians celebrated the most important holiday in their faith last Sunday, but for those in the ...

While many Christians celebrated Easter April 5, those of the Eastern Orthodox rite who adhere to the Julian calendar will ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — 'The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are all the same,' said the Rev. Luca Refatti, an Italian-born ...

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. By Ben Hubbard and Motoko Rich Stephen Hubbard was a ...

Discover how the Orthodox Easter Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem becomes a symbol of unity and hope during conflict, ...

The world's Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter this weekend, with more than half a million Australians expected to ...

Father Spiro Bobotas streams Holy Week services from Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Miami. The church is closed to in-person services amid the coronavirus epidemic. The Eastern Orthodox ...

Stephen Hubbard was a wanderer. But when he moved to Ukraine, the war brought arrest, torture and imprisonment. He turns 73 this week. By Kim Barker and Nataliya Vasilyeva The village parishioners’ ...