Orthodox Christians attend Palm Sunday services in Greece and abroad, marking the start of Holy Week with prayer, tradition, and reflection.

Orthodox Easter, celebrated by Orthodox Christians, will be April 12, 2026. Here's what to know about the holiday.

Orthodox Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv has died at 97. He is remembered for his work to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority. Filaret had

John Paul II’s biographer, George Weigel, said Pope Leo XIV could offer a meaningful olive branch to Orthodox churches as the war in Ukraine continues.

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Olyphant, held the traditional Forgiveness Dinner on Feb. 22, Cheesefare Sunday, the last Sunday before Lent.

By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, March 22 (Reuters) - Large crowds of Orthodox Christians gathered in the centre of the Georgian capital on Sunday to mourn Ilia II, the spiritual leader who led the church through nearly half a century of Georgia's often tumultuous history.

In an ongoing dialogue with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the successor of St. Andrew the Apostle and “first among equals” among the bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Pope Francis has expressed his belief that Catholics and ...

Iconography is central to the Eastern Orthodox and the Eastern Catholic churches. An Atlanta woman is teaching others how to create them.

Airstrikes near a Russian Orthodox church in Tehran cause structural damage, prompting Moscow’s condemnation and concern over cultural site protection. A Russian Orthodox church in Tehran sustained structural damage following US-Israeli airstrikes carried out on Wednesday,

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Olyphant held the traditional Forgiveness Dinner on Cheese Fare Sunday before the season of Lent.

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