First, is there actually a growing trend of young men looking to become Orthodox Christians? Second, is it correct to ...

It was a cold weekend morning on a nearly frozen river, but the warm spirit of unity filled the air, and hot cocoa warmed ...

(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Christians attend Christmas Mass in the Greek Orthodox convent Saint Takla, in Maaloula, Syria, ...

Two Orthodox churches from Weirton asked for divine blessings upon the Ohio River during a ceremony at the Steubenville ...

The year ahead will be filled with good luck for Yanni Collicott after his eleventh attempt to successfully pluck a cross ...

Tryfon Theophilopoulos, who led the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral ... has acknowledged that many other Orthodox churches allow girls to participate in the cross dive.

Representatives from two Orthodox churches in Aurora along with city officials and more met at the pedestrian bridge near RiverEdge Park Saturday morning for the city’s second annual Blessing of ...

He was the lucky swimmer who retrieved the cross in the annual Greek Celebration of Epiphany which involes a blessing of the waters and throwing of the cross ceremony. After the waters are blessed ...

You could say that the winter chill and icy waters were counterbalanced by the warmth of prayer and the blessings for that ...

He was 16 years old at the time and it was his first time diving for the cross. In the Greek orthodox community, it's believed that whoever retrieves the cross will have extra blessings in the ...

Crowds turn out at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral and at Spring Bayou every year during the first week of January for the traditional throwing of the cross during Epiphany celebrations.