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PHOTO ESSAY: In a Greek island monastery, a monk has kept together faith and community for 50 years
AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has ...
In 50-plus years at a cliffside Greek island monastery, one monk keeps faith and community together
For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a ...
Greek Reporter8d
Catholic and Orthodox Church: The Unknown First Division Before the Great Schism
The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.
As Orthodox Christianity rises, its Houston home races to wrap expansion
A Texas Green Orthodox church is embarking on the final phase of a multimillion-dollar, yearslong expansion project amid ...
Greek Reporter3d
Greek Lamb in High Demand as Orthodox and Catholic Easters Coincide
As Easter is approaching, the demand for lamb is rising, driven by this year's simultaneous celebration of Orthodox and ...
Toronto Star27d
Albania’s Orthodox church elects new leader, Archbishop Joan
Durres and all of Albania and also head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. Two metropolitans among them were excluded due to their Greek citizenship, in line with the statute of the ...
Ecumenical News8d
Albania's Orthodox Church, once silenced by communism, enthrones new Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania
Albania's Orthodox Church has enthroned new Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, the newly elected primate ...
Associated Press13d
Albania’s Orthodox Church enthrones its new Archbishop Joan
(AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) People gather during an inauguration ceremony of Albania’s Orthodox Church for its new Archbishop ...
NOLA.com29d
Greek Orthodox leader visits New Orleans, brings message of unity and shared values
Perhaps less well known is the city’s deep, historic ties to the Greek Orthodox Church, which established its first North American congregation—Holy Trinity Cathedral—in New Orleans more ...