All fifth Sundays are a joint service of the two churches with communion rotating between the Episcopal tradition and the ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gathering at the Monastery of Saint Bishoy, the residence of Patriarch Tawadros II of Alexandria, the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a decree on March 7, 2024, announcing the ...

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 ...

The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain announced the Reverend Carl G. Vouros Fund is now accepting grant ...

Food distribution planned The food pantry at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue, will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, and Friday, Feb. 21. The ...

His remains are housed in a crypt inside the church. The structure dates back to the 1580s, and still functions as a Greek Orthodox Church. Recent visitors said they were more impressed with the ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church ...

A life of faith, family, and service Marilouise Mahdasian (née DerKaloustian), 79, of Racine, Wisconsin, died peacefully on ...