A Greek Orthodox monastery in Italy, founded more than one thousand years ago is thriving just south of Rome in the epicenter ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.

Attend Orthodox Easter services at Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana, the capital. The cathedral, finished in 2012, is one of the largest in the Balkans. It has a large 16-bell tower ...

With the Muslim fasting season coinciding with Christian Lent this year, the usual contingent of Christian leaders was especially august on March 11, with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III ...

The ordination services will be presided over by Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church. KOCHI: The Malankara metropolitan and president of the Holy ...

St. Patrick’s Day is widely associated with Irish culture and Roman Catholic traditions, but the day also holds significant meaning in the Orthodox Christian Church in Greece. Every year, on March 17, ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — More than 20 years ago, Steen Heidemann stumbled into Westminster Cathedral in London ... exhibits and museums from Helsinki to Zagreb. And his own spiritual one: over ...

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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews were once exempt from military service — but now they are being drafted. One of those new draftees, Yechiel Wais, was excited, hoping the military would help him ...

St. Patrick’s Cathedral is one of New York City’s finest buildings and most spectacular churches, and is the largest house of worship for Catholics in the city. Over 150 years ago, Archbishop ...

Those were apt words from the cathedral’s new Precentor and Sacrist, as for the next five years, he would become embroiled in an extraordinary civil war that would engulf one of Britain’s ...