Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

COMMENTARY: The Council of Nicaea gave Christianity more than a creed — it gave the Church a way to calculate Easter. But unity around the great feast of the Resurrection remains incomplete.

Archaeologists have deciphered ancient inscriptions at the site traditionally believed to be where Jesus held the Last Supper ...

As we darted through Addis Ababa’s morning rush hour, my jet lag couldn’t dull the energy of Ethiopia’s capital. We wove ...

As we darted through Addis Ababa’s morning rush hour, my jet lag couldn’t dull the energy of Ethiopia’s capital. Related ...

We found ourselves among thousands of pilgrims who had converged on Lalibela for the upcoming Orthodox Christmas. They formed seemingly ... Many kissed the weathered walls; some paused to snap photos ...

The grand scale of Biete Medhane Alem, above, believed to be the largest monolithic church in the world, is remarkable; Biete ...

The horror unfolded just after 1 p.m. on Ocean Parkway close to Quentin Road in heavily Orthodox Jewish Gravesend ... qualities and was a great mom.” Photos of the aftermath showed a victim ...

In December, a video showed an armed man destroying a Christmas tree in Aleppo. An armed group also attacked the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Hama, damaging a cross and shooting at the building.

Syria's leading churches — including the Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox ... messages in Christian neighborhoods and burning Christmas trees. Newsweek has reached out to the Syrian government ...