The Russian Orthodox Church unveiled a monument in Yekaterinburg this week commemorating a recent military operation against ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros compared Trump to Constantine the Great at a White House Greek Independence Day event, gifting him a ...

"With this cross, I pray you bring peace to the world and make America invincible!" said Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek ...

Russian priest arrested during Sunday service for 2014 photo with Ukrainian flag - Nikolai Savchenko said police came to his ...

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 ...

Among its enduring treasures is Ethiopia’s most famous export: Arabica coffee. We started the day at Tomoca Coffee on Wavel ...

KOCANI, North Macedonia (AP) — Funeral services are being held Thursday across North Macedonia for dozens of victims of last weekend’s devastating nightclub fire, as grieving communities gather for ...

This message from Patriarch Bartholomew was read March 17, 2024 in Orthodox parishes under the ... The third Sunday, known as the “Sunday of the Holy Cross,” marks the midpoint of Lent and ...

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Lent 2025: Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads ... and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter, in the port town of Galaxidi.

(AP Photo/Shafiullah Kakar) Trucks wait to cross the closed Torkham border with Pakistan, where Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged fire overnight, in Torkham, Afghanistan, Monday, March 3, 2025.(AP ...

and black. And in Russia, Easter eggs are made of wood then painted with traditional designs and images. No matter the specific traditions and dates that differ between both Orthodox Easter and ...