Most of John's relics were looted from Constantinople by crusaders in 1204 and taken to Rome, but some of his bones were returned to the Orthodox Church on 27 November 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Since ...

The celebration on Jan. 25 marked the solemn conclusion of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which the Pope ...

The Port Washington Chamber of Commerce promises to warm hungry stomachs at their 18th annual SOUPer Bowl on Feb. 1 from 12 ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the ...

Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian Epiphany on January 19 have faced disruptions due to unusually warm winter ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...

sent a message on Saturday on the occasion of the enthronement of Father Nectarie Petre as the first bishop of the newly established Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Ireland and Iceland, stating that this ...

The Orthodox church celebrates the blessings of ... (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News) Boznos told the crowd at the event that he and Pop were going to move west on the bridge to try and throw ...

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. Worshippers from the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...