When we think of Rome and the Pope, we don't necessarily think of a Greek Pope. However, many Popes in the past had been of ...

The current ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, has balanced the growing power of Moscow, but the question ...

Pope Francis’ passing marks the end of a historic chapter, one that touched Greece and the Orthodox World profoundly.

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, left, light candles for Christian pilgrims during the Holy Fire ...

Ms Pepper follows the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church, while her husband Shane ... following post-war migration from Europe to Australia. The largest of these — Greek Orthodox ...

The new Primate will need to be savvy, navigating between conflicting pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian currents in the small but opinionated Albanian Orthodox ... a Church long dominated by Greek ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has ...

But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept ...