A tiny church built in the trunk of a huge tree dedicated to Saint Paisios draws thousands of visitors each year from Greece ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

Francis, who had advocated for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, visited Israel and the occupied West Bank in 2014 ...

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

People stand in line to kiss an icon during the celebration of Orthodox Easter at Cross Lower Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 20.04.2025 ...

Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, was found hanged in his Sunningdale home in March 2013. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Berezovsky converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1994. His leap of ...

Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon walks at the Monastery ... (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — Petros Giannakouris is an award-winning Greek photojournalist. He is a staff ...

worked and welcomed the faithful in a millennium-old monastery carved into a seaside cliff on the Greek island of Amorgos. Starting well before dawn in a tiny, dark chapel, the Orthodox Christian monk ...

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, looks out from the chapel of the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, in Amorgos island, Greece, Sunday, March 30, 2025 ...

An icon, from the Shrewsbury Orthodox Church depicting the First Council of Nicaea. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain chose Shrewsbury to host its national celebrations ...

Bring your smiles, energy, and crafting skills! We are grateful to have the opportunity to come together again this year. For those who may need guidance, a video tutorial and instructions will be ...

Juliette Binoche’s Penelope waits 20 agonising years for Ralph Fiennes’s Odysseus to come back from the Trojan War, in her latest film, The Return.During that time she weaves cloth and bats ...