Pope Francis presides over vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, accompanied by masters of ceremonies ... momentum builds for Catholics and Orthodox to consider celebrating ...

In the same solemn ceremony Nov. 21, 1964 ... Churches could at times be a delicate topic for dialogue with the Orthodox, the Secretariat for Christian Unity decided that the subject of these ...

On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate ... not to eat until the end of the liturgy and communion with holy water. The main dish on this day is "sochivo", made from boiled cereals ...

Pell also warned that as the newest crop of young clergy and seminarians was, in the main, orthodox and conservative ... priestly celibacy optional to communion for the divorced and remarried.

For one thing, it reinforces the view that the Episcopalian church (a sprig of the Anglican Communion ... and the killing-off of solemnity and ceremony. The Church of England, in particular ...

I had hoped to attend the ceremonies on October 14 ... We are involved with the Orthodox Christian Studies Center, and we look forward to your continued support and guidance. Fordham College at Rose ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country’s communist regime ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

Although no clergy were present, about two dozen Unalaskans took part in a starring ceremony Jan. 7 under ... hosts one of the oldest Russian Orthodox communities in Alaska. Canvas paintings ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include a Spanish Inquisition ceremony being performed, the first church ...

Unalaska’s Church of the Holy Ascension hasn’t had a resident priest for a few months, but that didn’t stop parishioners from ...