Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world ...

Pope Francis received a top-ranking member of the Russian Orthodox Church for private discussions at the Vatican this week. The Holy See Press Office confirmed on July 12 that the pope received ...

What is Orthodox Christmas? And why do millions of people celebrate it on January 7 - The ancient church in the Roman Empire ...

Sister Vassa Larin is an American nun known for teaching about the Eastern Orthodox faith on YouTube. She was ousted as a nun of a U.S. branch of the Russian Orthodox Church after she criticized its ...

MOSCOW, January 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his congratulations to all Russian people on Orthodox Christmas holiday, pointing out to the Russian Orthodox Church’s ...

When we look at the nation of Russia today, it’s almost impossible to imagine how its citizens – and indeed, the world – must have experienced it just a little over a century ago: before the war in ...

FILE In this file photo taken on Saturday, July 28, 2018, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Active only from 1918 until 1932, St. Peter and St. Paul Russian Orthodox Church ...

Orthodox Christmas explained: why millions celebrate on January 7, calendar differences, traditions, fasting, and global ...

Orthodox and Coptic Christians don’t believe Jesus was born on a different day; they just use a different calendar.