Christians around the world observe Lent to varying degrees, but none with more zeal than the Eastern Orthodox, the vast branch of Christendom that split from the western Roman Catholic church a ...

Stephen Hubbard was a wanderer. But when he moved to Ukraine, the war brought arrest, torture and imprisonment. He turns 73 this week. By Kim Barker and Nataliya Vasilyeva The village parishioners’ ...

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev spoke with EWTN about the importance of the Eucharist at the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 6. Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev ...

Speaking to the Synod on Synodality on Monday, an Eastern Orthodox bishop said the definition of synodality of the October assembly “differs greatly” from the Orthodox understanding. Metropolitan Job ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — 'The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are all the same,' said the Rev. Luca Refatti, an Italian-born ...

Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople and one of Orthodox Christianity’s most influential leaders, has begun a nearly two-week apostolic visit to the United States that included a ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Tuesday that July 24 "is a Day of Mourning" for Hagia Sophia. The former church and museum in Istanbul will that day be inaugurated as a mosque. In a July ...

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, including ...

On May 2, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking the culmination of years ...

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine ...

Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. Traditions were upended last Sunday when most of the Christian world ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — This year, Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same date — an occurrence that is increasingly rare but that some seek to make permanent. The dates lined up in ...