Religious life in the temporarily occupied territories that formally belong to Ukraine – Crimea, Donetsk Luhansk, part of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions – can be characterized along several ...

Thousands of Greek Orthodox faithful have lined an inner-city park to watch about 100 swimmers compete to retrieve a holy cross as part of a Blessing of the Waters ceremony.

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

A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

When not with his patients, Antaki, a Greek-Melkite Christian, dedicates his time to the Blue Marists, the association he co-founded with his wife, Leïla, and Marist Brother Georges Sabé.

The Orthodox Christian community in Reading has held a ritual blessing of the River Thames in one of the first major celebrations of the year.

Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

Instead of cementing the final preparations for celebrating Orthodox Christmas with family and friends, members of a Winnipeg ...

Bayou as more than 65 young men dove into the water hoping to emerge with the wooden cross tossed by the Archbishop from the dock. The lucky one to retrieve the ...

An Orthodox believer dips into icy water during celebrations of Epiphany in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Greek Orthodox faithful hold up a wooden crucifix after being ...

Hundreds of Greek Australians gathered at Melbourne's Rye Pier on Monday to celebrate Epiphany and the Blessing of the Waters ...