ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul appears intent on capitalizing on the Russian attack, keeping up a ...

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday. Some Eastern Orthodox churches, including Russian traditions, follow the ...

This is a blessing service associated with the oldest Feast of the Church, Theophany, celebrated by those of the Eastern rite, both Catholic and Orthodox. It also highlights the wondrous gifts of ...

Sarah Mullally’s confirmation as the first female archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday is a landmark in Christian and wider ...

Russia’s foreign intelligence service accused the Ecumenical Patriarchate of attempting to undermine the Russian Orthodox ...

Few may be aware that an Orthodox Christian church exists in the heart of the city, tucked away amid towering skyscrapers. Housed in an unassuming white bungalow, the Archangel Michael Russian ...

At the pulpit of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Bishop Chad Zielinski of New Ulm addressed those gathered at the annual Prayer Service for Life Jan. 22, marking the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ...

What is Orthodox Christmas? And why do millions of people celebrate it on January 7 - The ancient church in the Roman Empire set its religious feasts based on the Julian calendar ...

High in the Hayward Hills, Ukraina marks the farm and grave of Ukrainian dissident priest Agapius Honcharenko, who fled Russian authorities and settled here with his wife, Albina.

Between 1606 and 1607, King Christian IV of Norway and Denmark sent explorers back to Greenland to renew claims on the land and a number of old sites were repopulated. When the Kingdoms of Norway and ...

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has recently accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “heresy” over ...