Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...

Residents of a Ukrainian suburb that was the site of notorious attacks on civilians after Russia invaded are alarmed by ...

It is also known for its rich political history. It was one of the few nations never colonized and successfully resisted an ...

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, ...

The Richmond Times-Dispatch follows its tradition of publishing the names of donors to the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund ...

The country celebrates the New Year on September 11 (or September 12 in a leap year), and Christmas falls on January 7.

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

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 ...

An outside investigator determined that reports of “sexualized, persistent, emotionally charged” communications between a former head of Beren Academy in Houston and his students are credible.

Archbishop Anastasios guided the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania passed away January 25 at the age of 95 in Athens, Greece, where he had been ...

The crime thriller is a popular genre among fans of action-packed movies. As a rule, these are films about the mafia or ...

Fouad Jakiche Fouad Jakiche was born on April 23, 1932, in Damascus, Syria, and transitioned to Heaven peacefully in , New ...