On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast of the year, the miracle of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ when he raised Lazarus from the dead after he had lain in ...

But for almost half of U.S. Orthodox Christians ... alternatives they have continued to offer for liturgies and Bible studies alongside the in-person gatherings. Veronis’ church also experienced ...

Orthodox singer, composer ... Her mother encouraged her to take a verse from the Prophets and compose music for it, which is how she got started composing Jewish music. She sees music as "a ...

The NRSV Apocrypha comprise all the deuterocanonical texts approved by the Protestant, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches ... new light on the 'hidden texts' of the world of the Bible.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received a group of catechumens into the Orthodox Church through Baptism and Chrismation at Ss. Catherine and George Greek Orthodox Church in Astoria, ...

the law does not pertain to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the church to which the majority of Ukrainian Christians belong. Claims that Ukraine banned the Orthodox Church entirely or that it ...

Ukraine's ban on church links with Moscow has provoked considerable controversy at home and abroad. Why is Kyiv carrying through with it? And what does the EU think ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following the Angelus, his weekly prayer service at the Vatican, on Sunday (Aug. 25), Pope Francis criticized Ukraine’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

The bill’s main target is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) which has historically been linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate. Zelensky referenced the ...

MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday condemned a move by Ukraine to ban a Moscow-linked branch of the Orthodox Church, describing it as an attack on Christianity and a blow to freedom of ...