Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...
Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...
The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.
Credit: Edwardx, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 The Greek Orthodox Church and its followers have maintained a presence in the United Kingdom for centuries. Despite their relatively small numbers ...
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X received a delegation from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Athens and All of Greece at Balamand, Lebanon on Wednesday. Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...
Special legislative regulation is expected within the first quarter of 2025. The opening of 600 positions for Greek Orthodox priests in the diaspora is expected soon, Proto Thema reported. To date, a ...
On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...
The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, is set to begin on March 3, 2025, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean Monday.” ...
To date, a large part of the clergy abroad have no regular salary, insurance or pension, but are supported by the Church of Greece and the Patriarchates or local Greek Orthodox communities purely ...
A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered the 80 ...
On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany ... the holiday was called Epiphany (Theophany — 'appearance of a deity' in Greek) and commemorated the miracle that, according ...