The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church have persecuted dozens of clergy who called for peace. Ecclesiastical courts ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces a major test on Wednesday after the opposition submitted a bill ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

on the Orthodox Christmas Eve Monday ... s spent four hours visiting homes on Christmas Eve. On Jan. 7, Christmas day, the group visited homes over a period of seven hours. In all, they delivered ...

By 1923, there was a 13-day difference between the two calendars, putting the Orthodox Christmas 13 days after December 25. Therefore, in some Eastern Orthodox churches, including the largest one ...

In his Christmas message ... we will create the best future for our native Belarus.” Orthodox believers in Serbia marked the day by burning oak branches at services outside churches and temples ...

Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians in Manitoba ... Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law moving his nation's official Christmas Day holiday from Jan. 7 to Dec. 25. This was done as a way to abandon ...

While much of the world has Christmas in the rearview mirror by now, people in some Eastern Orthodox traditions will celebrate the holy day on Sunday. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches ...

In his Christmas message ... we will create the best future for our native Belarus." Orthodox believers in Serbia marked the day by burning oak branches at services outside churches and temples ...

Orthodox believers in Serbia celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7 ... Orthodox believers in Serbia marked the day by burning oak branches at services outside churches and temples, including hundreds ...