Russia fired 290 drones and launched 19 assaults at Ukraine during the first six hours of a surprise “Easter truce”, ...

Hours after declaring a unilateral Easter ceasefire that Kyiv said was just words as fighting continued, Putin and Sobyanin ...

The early church believed that after his death Christ descended into hell in order to rescue the souls of the righteous.

The tradition of the "Flying Priest" from the island of Chios, which occurs on Holy Saturday, has now spread throughout ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

An Orthodox Church in Crete stands unique in Greece for integrating icons of heroes from the Greek War of Independence into ...

Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ...

Household of Faith Family Worship Church transforms its New Orleans East parking lot into a stage for a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

It is believed that Jesus died at 3pm on what’s now know as Good Friday following his crucifixion at Calvary on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

This Thought for the Week is published in the week Orthodox Christians call The Great Week – and in the west, Holy Week.