ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Millions of Orthodox Christians across Eastern and Southern Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere in the world, have celebrated Easter, capping weeklong religious celebrations.

Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and a day people can go egg hunting or feast on their favorite meals. But not everyone celebrates the holiday on the same day. Orthodox ...

Sep. 23—His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the spiritual leader of all the Greek Orthodox churches in North America, will visit Reading to deliver the keynote address at the 2023 ...

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia believes it ...

It's a 40-day period of fasting from meat, dairy and more beginning on Clean Monday.

The bells of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church rang out as His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America stepped inside the Reading church. The archbishop, spiritual leader of all ...

The establishment of Orthodox spiritual centres in Belarus is important from the point of view of educating people in the spirit of ...

GOSHEN — Invest in your spiritual growth during this season of Lent by attending a couple of seminars hosted by Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Goshen. The seminars, offered by Protodeacon ...

March 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine's punitive actions against a branch of the Orthodox church linked to Russia are part of a drive to achieve "spiritual independence," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on ...

This circa 1975 photo provided by her family shows Olga Michael, an Alaskan Yup’ik woman who became St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska. (Martha Nicolai) KWETHLUK, Alaska — “St. Olga of ...

While Ukrainian Christians face persecution from invading Russian forces, one sect, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), faces seizures and possible total liquidation following allegations of support ...