Suffolk County now has its first Greek Orthodox Cathedral after the worldwide spiritual leader of that religion bestowed the title on a parish in Southampton. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch ...

With its weathered brown bricks, cavernous neo-Gothic interior and rough urban surroundings, Saint Matthew’s is a typical Church of England building. Less typically, on September 14th it was bursting ...

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States, where he was scheduled to meet Monday afternoon ...

Hundreds of members of Ireland’s Romanian Orthodox community travelled to south Dublin on Sunday to worship in their newly purchased cathedral and mark the annual exaltation of the Holy Cross.

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Before 2022, Sister Vassa Larin was best known as an Orthodox nun who taught thousands on YouTube about saints and holy days. She became one of the most prominent female intellectuals in Orthodoxy — ...

A US Orthodox Influencer Spoke Against Russia's War. Then, She Was Ousted as a Nun Before 2022, Sister Vassa Larin was best known as an Orthodox nun who taught thousands on YouTube about saints and ...

The Moldovan government and the EU denounced a Russian disruption campaign ahead of the 28 September elections in the country. Security experts in Chișinău say the Russian and the local Orthodox ...

Ukrainian government moves to ban Orthodox church branch it says failed to completely sever longstanding ties with pro-war Moscow. Action deepens religious battleground in war, coming year after ...

The Orthodox St. Sophia's Cathedral dates back to the 11th century. Friedemann Kohler/dpa The Ukrainian government agency responsible for ethnic affairs has launched legal action to have the country's ...

An open letter signed by over 180 mainstream American Orthodox Rabbis has been published by the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), which represents over 2000 Orthodox American Rabbis. The letter is in ...