A striking protest unfolded in downtown Ottawa as what appeared to be Syrian Orthodox Christians took to the streets, decrying the mass slaughter of ethnic minorities in Syria. The demonstrators, led ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...

Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

Groups include the Greek Orthodox, Maronites, Syriac Orthodox and Catholics, Chaldeans, Assyrians, and Armenian Orthodox and Catholics. There also are a few Protestants. - The Druze, an Arab ...

In a significant move, the leaders of Syria’s major Christian churches—including Patriarch John X of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox ...

Born and raised in the Soviet Union, where religion had been systematically suppressed, Nikolskaya was fascinated by ...

In Israel, everyone must serve at least two years in the IDF once they turn 18. For decades, ultra-Orthodox men like Mendel could avoid being drafted — as long as they continued their studies of ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Icon of Saint Christopher depicted as “Cynocephalus” from Asia Minor, 1685. Credit: Tilemahos Efthimiadis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. In the long and proud history of Eastern Orthodox Christian ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter ... who then carry them around the church while following an icon of ...

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