Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, has expressed sorrow over the death of Pope ...

Pope Francis and Kirill, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, signed a Joint Declaration in Havana in 2016, which aimed to ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

By God’s mercy and strength, we have journeyed through prayer and fasting across the ocean of Holy and Great Lent, finally ...

The story of the Rev. Hilarion Alfeyev captures how a once robust effort to bring Russian Orthodox Christianity and the ...

Orthodox Christians filled a Jerusalem Church to celebrate the Holy Light ceremony, before it is transported to Greece to ...

(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, left, light candles for Christian pilgrims ...

Orthodox Christians in İstanbul gathered on the night of Apr 20 to celebrate Easter at the Aya Yorgi Church, located within ...

Out of the Gaza Strip's 2.4 million people, about 1,000 are Christians. Most of them are Orthodox, but according to the Latin Patriarchate, there are about 135 Catholics in the territory.

In recent years, church leaders have called for a return to a common Easter date for all Christians. Pope Francis has long advocated for this, as have Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew ...