Although no clergy were present, about two dozen Unalaskans took part in a starring ceremony Jan. 7 under the direction of ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...

During the Cold War, Albanian leader Enver Hoxha scattered a colony of 175,000 concrete bunkers across the country. This is ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion ... performed miracles in these Jewish meeting places. Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims celebrate Easter atop the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In a long dispute with ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

In the scenic foothills of the Berkshire Mountains at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, a group of 96 queer ...

Now, across the eastern front, ceasefires called a decade ago that provided little but cover for further Russian military advances are living proof of the urgent need for caution at the ...

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea ...

US Aid Was Long a Lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump Cuts Are Sending Shockwaves Through the Region CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...