Ephrem Minassie's voice trembled as he recalled his stints in Eritrean prisons for trying to evade military service and flee ...

In the shadow of St Peter’s Basilica, across the piazza degli scalpellini, or “square of the stonecutters”, lies another, more ancient structure.

In the center of a meditative gallery, artist Tsedaye Makonnen’s seven light towers—made from mirrored boxes featuring the ...

It is 20 years ago this month that the Eritrean state banned every religion except Sunni Islam and the Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches. The May 2002 clampdown resulted in most ...

This rupture in theological dialogue was presented in Alexandria as a decision taken after consultation with the “sister Churches of the Oriental Orthodox family”—Ethiopian, Eritrean ...

Eritrea has rejected accusations by Ethiopia’s former president Mulatu Teshome that it is destabilising the northern region of its neighbour, arguing that Addis Ababa’s internal turmoil is the real ...

St Mary and St Mina's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral at Bexley welcomed members of the NSW judiciary for the annual Coptic Opening ...

K.M. Mathew's legacy in Secunderabad's Mar Thoma Church celebrated during Platinum Jubilee with special Holy Communion ...

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 ...

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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, ...