The official ceremony began at 14:15, after the sealing of the Holy Sepulchre was broken. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, ...

The ceremony began at 10:15 a.m. Jerusalem time, which matches Kyiv time. The procession, led by the Armenian Orthodox ...

In the course of my professional activities I have also spent some time with both Patriarch Kirill, when he was Russian Orthodoxy’s “foreign minister,” and more recently with his successor ...

Holding unlit candles, they pack into the sprawling 12th century basilica built on the site where, according to tradition, ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

In Jerusalem, an annual miracle took place — in On Great Saturday on the eve of Easter in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

Christians in the Holy Land not only have the right but also the duty to celebrate Easter despite all the difficulties and ...

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was awarded the ...

Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew awarded 2025 Templeton Prize for spiritual contributions; Blue Dream Gala postponed to 2026.

The patriarch added: "The tragic events unfolding ... The congregation gathered for this Triumph of Orthodoxy rite included the Greek ambassador to Syria, Emmanuel Kakavelakis, and Nikolaos ...

Catholics in Jerusalem marked Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week on April 13 with the blessing of the palms and Mass ...