The scent of herbs and flowers filled St. Elias the Prophet Orthodox Church on Saturday morning as the priest scattered roses and bay leaves throughout the sanctuary. The church’s youngest congregants ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived in Tolochin for the Easter service and presented an Our Lady of Kazan icon to the ...

Panagia Vefa is a Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, where people of all faiths come to make a wish on the first day ...

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

or the art of creating depictions of icons or sacred images of a holy person or event. His artistic skill has taken him to Christian Orthodox churches around the world. Grygorenko’s ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, left, light candles for Christian pilgrims during the Holy Fire ...

Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics will gather in decorated churches to celebrate the risen Christ. For some, the day is doubly meaningful: A handful of faithful throughout the region will ...

Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox and major Protestant denominations ... in Shrewsbury include a two-week art exhibition of holy icons, from May 24 to June 6 at St Julian’s Church, featuring works ...

The early church believed that after his death Christ descended into hell in order to rescue the souls of the righteous.

When we think of Rome and the Pope, we don't necessarily think of a Greek Pope. However, many Popes in the past had been of ...

Greece is enjoying a major boost in Easter tourism this year, thanks to a rare overlap between Orthodox and Catholic Easters ...