Did you know that over 260 million Christians worldwide are celebrating Christmas this Jan. 7? Over 400 years ago, according to National Geographic, a decision was made by some Christians to celebrate ...

The Christmas season isn’t over, at least not for the handful of Orthodox Christian churches that follow the Julian Calendar and are celebrating Christmas on Wednesday with special liturgies, dinners ...

A trio of House Republicans welcomed an Orthodox Christian delegation that accused Ukraine of religious persecution to Capitol Hill this week. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) and ...

Pope Leo XIV has condemned violence and wars waged in the name of religion at a landmark event with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, urging them during his first overseas trip as leader ...

“In the whole history of the Orthodox Church in America, this has never been seen,” a priest said about the surge of young men drawn to the demanding practice of Christianity. “The Orthodox Church is ...

The construction of the largest Orthodox Christian church in the world took 15 years, with thousands flocking to the opening. It has an interior capacity for up to 5,000 worshippers. The People's ...

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews packed the streets and sidewalks for blocks around the Israeli Consulate in New York City on Sunday to protest issues including a potential end of an exemption for ...

(RNS) — Two Orthodox Christian women have created a new website about sexual misconduct and abuse in their denomination that not only names names, but offers victims help in coming to terms with their ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States, where he was scheduled to meet Monday afternoon ...

Ukrainian government moves to ban Orthodox church branch it says failed to completely sever longstanding ties with pro-war Moscow. Action deepens religious battleground in war, coming year after ...

This year, Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox Christians will mark Easter on the same day, Sunday, April 20. The shared date is relatively rare due to the different calendars used by Western and ...

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in the country, has some of the most impressive Byzantine-style icons in Houston. The gray stone cathedral with a gold dome sits on ...