Hoosiers may find that galaktoboureko bears an unmistakable resemblance to Indiana’s iconic sugar cream pie. Both confections ...

Orthodox Christians filled a Jerusalem Church to celebrate the Holy Light ceremony, before it is transported to Greece to ...

Greece is seeing a boom in Easter tourism as Orthodox and Catholic Easters coincide, with most destinations reporting a ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same ...

Orthodox Christians in Germany are grateful for that, and long for more.Millions of Orthodox Christians currently live in ...

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

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

Locals in the town of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios marked Orthodox Easter with a centuries-old tradition known as the “rocket war”. As part of Easter celebrations thousands of homemade ...

The idea of a common Easter has been discussed since the 1960s, with interest peaking when celebrations coincide, as they ...

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

Each year, the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem leads the Holy Fire ceremony. He enters the Edicule, a small shrine within the Holy Sepulchre encasing Christ’s ...