Attendees sang, prayed and took Communion for the final time in their church. Kenyon delivered his last sermon there, until ...

One-year-old Everleigh Mogish remained alert throughout her first Christmas Eve service Monday in St. Michael the Archangel ...

The Orthodox priest arrives at the church basement just after 4 a.m. to ... A fragrant, smoky incense drifts through the room draped in velvet portraits of religious icons like Jesus, Mary and ...

The Immanuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church invites all to celebrate the Holy Feast of the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ ...

Russian Orthodox communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta celebrate Slaviq — well-known in the region for its tradition ...

Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes) or the Feast of Epiphany is a holiday that commemorates the day the three wise men — ...

On a pilgrimage of Eastern Orthodox holy sites, far from the deadly conflict with Russia, fighters try to lift their spirits ...

The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war - one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the ...

The sense of hollowness of the Church of the Nativity is deeper than ... a priest solemnly swings incense into the corners. Image: Bethlehem's Christian community struggles to celebrate amid ...

Down in the manger by the enshrined spot where baby Jesus was said to be born, a priest solemnly swings incense ... to the Church of Nativity. A crowd of eager Catholics are waiting for him by ...

The men, 22 in all, had taken a bus more than 1,000 km (620 miles) from the Ukrainian city of Lviv to a monastery built on a ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has long ties with Athos and in ... whose narrow windows allowed enough light to pierce the thick incense. They made lists on rectangular pieces of paper of loved ...