According to tradition, the church is built on the site of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. It is a ...

As the Catholic Church in the Holy Land entered Holy Week by literally retracing the steps of Jesus’ passion in Jerusalem, the Orthodox churches took their first steps into Lent. The Eastern churches ...

PHOENIX - April 21 marks Holy Thursday for Orthodox Christians around the world. Many people in Ukraine and Russia are Orthodox Christians. The United Nations is calling for a 4-day cease fire in ...

TBILISI, Georgia -- Pope Francis' efforts to improve relations with the Georgian Orthodox Church suffered a setback Saturday after the patriarchate decided at the last minute not to send an official ...

The world’s largest Christian Orthodox church opened in Bucharest, featuring stunning iconography and grand architecture.

With each passing day, the situation in Armenia becomes more disastrous. The country is under attack from enemies both ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Friday is Good Friday for Orthodox Christians who recognize a different holy calendar than Catholics and Protestants. The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Holyoke held ...

(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes Holy Week for Orthodox Christians, a deadly stampede ...

VATICAN CITY — In a historic papal first, Pope Francis completed a four-day apostolic journey to the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain, during which he sought to deepen dialogue with Islam and Christians, ...

Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, attended a private mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on ...

The mass rally is expected to effectively shut down the Jewish state's capital on Thursday.The post Police expecting half a million at Haredi rally against IDF draft in Jerusalem appeared ...