One of the most important shifts in history was the spread of Christianity by the Greeks from the Byzantine Empire into Eastern Europe.

Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russia, follow the ancient Julien calendar, which runs 13 days later ...

The Feast of the Holy Epiphany was celebrated with great "pomp and splendor" at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Epiphany celebrations at the Church of St. George in Phanar, Istanbul, ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, center, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, throws a wooden crucifix ...

Nikos Androulakis, leader of PASOK-Movement for Change, met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Phanar in Istanbul ...

No text ever written can compare with the impact of the Nicene Creed in this way: Whenever the world’s two billion-plus Christians gather for their regular Communion services, most recite these ...

Shortly after 18.30, the Air Force aircraft taking him to Athens took off from Tirana - According to information, the ...

Church leaders have “a sense of hope for Syria’s future”, the apostolic nuncio said, after the Patriarchs and Heads of ...

A Belarusian court declared the Facebook page of an expatriate Orthodox priest “extremist”, meaning anybody following it ...

Father Robert Regoli’s insightful study, now available in an updated English edition, examines the complexities of Benedict’s ...

Estonia is hosting the Taizé European Meeting until January 1 for the first time. In this divided country, the small Catholic ...