The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...

With the intention of preserving Byzantine spiritual wisdom, Greek monk Nicodemus devoted his life to writing the massive tome Philokalia.

Athens and Cairo have agreed to preserve the status of the historic St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, the world’s oldest ...

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where they found colorful Byzantine mosaics and Herodian frescoes ...

THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL AT ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IS HAPPENING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. JOINING ME NOW IN STUDIO IS MARIA. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THIS IS 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 ...

Does your worry lead to thinking about the worst possible outcomes? There are effective ways to get out of the cycle of catastrophizing.

Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to ...

Basil the Great is considered the founder of monasticism in the East. One of his best-known works ... “Three gen­erations attended Greek American church schools amazingly keeping Greek language, ...

Nine monumental paintings by El Greco once decorated monastery walls in Toledo, Spain, where the Greek-born artist spent most ...