The event is hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church ... Right behind the baptismal font is a painting of the baptism of Christ. “He’s being baptized in the River Jordan by John the ...

Benjamin Netanyahu is once again firmly in control of Israeli politics. The country’s longest-serving prime minister has pulled himself back from the abyss with what appears to be a wildly successful ...

Boruch Drillman on Monday was sentenced to five years of probation for his role in a $165 million mortgage fraud scheme. U.S.

The Yarmouth Clam Festival, Shakespeare in the Park and Maine Open Lighthouse Day are among the offerings. Summer in Maine ...

The resignation of Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, the chairman of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, goes into effect on Sunday. The banner headline of Hamodia, a newspaper linked ...

Revelation 22:19 All Christians - Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant - agree that the Books in the Bible are the inspired, written Word of God but disagree on which Books belong in the Bible.

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

The Orthodox distinctiveness lies particularly in the preparation period, which includes a fast starting on November 15—longer than Advent in the Catholic tradition. This liturgical period ...

David Balfour as Father Dimitrios the British spy disguised as an Orthodox monk. Credit: Archive of St. Panteleimon Monastery, Athos The story of Father Dimitrios, or David Balfour, who turned out to ...

At the edge of the Polish border, the 12th-century Kalozha Belarusian Orthodox Church in Grodno overlooks the calm waters of the Neman River. This is where Father Georgij Roi ministered for ten ...

Thousands converted and were baptised, and the Christian faith continued to grow and expand from that point on. In Greek Orthodox doctrine, Pentecost was the fulfilment of Jesus’ mission on Earth and ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...