Liturgies continued to be performed in the languages of the first-generation immigrants, and priests were generally born and educated in the Old World. The tradition of autonomy was observed among ...

This denies the church access to one of the holiest sites in the Eastern Orthodox faith. Image The Ukrainian government has ordered priests and monks to vacate the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which is ...

McPherson was raised in California before entering the Eastern Orthodox community in 2007 and starting at Holy Mother in 2020. The priest and other Orthodox leaders in Texas and throughout the U.S ...

The priests were stripped of their authority ... known as the Moldovan Orthodox Church -- after they joined an Eastern Orthodox rival that is subordinate to the Romanian Orthodox Church.

But for Eastern Orthodox Christians ... anointed with holy oil during what's called the Holy Unction service. The priest takes a cotton swab with holy oil on the tip and makes the sign of the ...

It is among approximately 10-12 Eastern Orthodox churches in the Valley where parishioners will celebrate Easter this weekend. The church’s priest, Father Mikel Bock, said the date difference ...

(RNS) — On Thursday (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 ...