That simple but so important Sign of the Cross we see so often holds a hidden history that takes us back to the origins of ...

Orthodox Christians filled a Jerusalem Church to celebrate the Holy Light ceremony, before it is transported to Greece to ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of ...

The late Pope Francis called Gaza’s only Catholic church every day during the war between Israel and Hamas, even during what ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X of Antioch described Pope Francis as a bearer of a lofty Christian mission, noting that his ...

“He knew how to give hope, ease suffering through prayer and foster unity,” he ... clear vision for closer ties with the Orthodox Church, the newly elected Albanian primate, Archbishop Joan ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this ...

Moreover, each church uses its own ecclesiastical ... Francis’ invitation, delivered at the end of a prayer for Christian Unity with Orthodox priests present, wasn’t new.

The ceremony, led by His Holiness Abune Mathias I, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, featured traditional prayers, hymns, and centuries-old liturgical rituals. At the same time ...