For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...

An AP photographer captured a visual story about Father Spyridon, the monk depicted in the image, using the clouds to give ...

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

In some faith traditions in the U.S., men make up a larger proportion of the membership. For example, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, men make up 52% and women 47%, which is a ...

“The available ashes of the Parah Adumah are dwindling,” said the Kohen Gadol. “People will be coming for Pesach to the Beis HaMikdash, and there might not be enough ashes to mix into the ...

With the Muslim fasting season coinciding with Christian Lent this year, the usual contingent of Christian leaders was especially august on March 11, with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III ...

Credit: Tilemahos Efthimiadis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. In the long and proud history of Eastern Orthodox Christian iconography, a peculiar icon of Saint Christopher can be seen, raising many ...

Stephen grew up loving basketball, golf, and Greek music. An avid reader, Fr. Stephen amassed a great collection of books, as well as icons over ... Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (New ...

Stephen grew up loving basketball, golf, and Greek music. An avid reader, Fr. Stephen amassed a great collection of books, as well as icons over the years ... Although he retired from Annunciation ...

Although St. Patrick is commonly associated with Roman Catholicism, he is also recognised as an Orthodox saint. As Greek Reporter explains, the Orthodox Church in Greece, particularly in Grevena, ...

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 ...