The Holy Dormition Stavropegic Monastery in Zhirovichi is rightly referred to as Belarus’ jewel of Orthodoxy At the beginning of ...

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 ...

Windy and mild today. Largely cloudy to start with scattered blustery showers, with the chance of some thunder locally. Heavier showers in the early afternoon, clearing later to bright spells ...

An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in ...

At a wedding in Jerusalem in August 1999 ... Mrs Attar continued to work at an infant school for Orthodox Jewish children set up by Mr Maccaba until September 2000. The following December ...

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, ...