Editor's note: This part 2 of an opinion series on churches of Orthodoxy. Part 1 is available here online. The Orthodox baptism rite includes a three-stage exorcism that is extremely detailed about ...

For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was shaped by waves of believers fleeing wars, revolutions and persecution in lands such as Greece, Syria, Russia and Romania. The Orthodox did ...

After a lengthy and tangled dispute over ownership of one of South Florida’s oldest Christian Orthodox churches, its long-time leadership has lost a pivotal legal battle — and the keys to the ...

This circa 1975 photo provided by her family shows Olga Michael, an Alaskan Yup’ik woman who became St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska. (Martha Nicolai) KWETHLUK, Alaska — “St. Olga of ...

Editor's note: This part 1 of an opinion series on churches of Orthodoxy. Look for part 2: "The shape of American Orthodoxy in 2040" next week. For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was ...

A group of lawmakers in the United States has asked the U.S. Attorney General to look into whether some Orthodox churches in America may be connected to Russian special services. They want to know if ...

The ritual of the Cutting of the Vasilopita (New Year’s Bread) fosters unity and strong community bonds. The event went on, ...

KWETHLUK — A procession of boats shot up the glassy Kuskokwim River on Thursday morning in low fog, passing fish camps, eroded banks and tangles of alder, ferrying pilgrims on their way to witness ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Alexei (John Trader), Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska ...