Opa! The Panegyri Greek Festival is celebrating 50 years this weekend. The three-day cultural event, hosted by the Holy ...

During the Mass of Priesthood Ordination at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 21, 2025 ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

Logan Premich, 13, carries a small version of St. Michael Orthodox Church into a home in St. Clair, Pa., on the Orthodox Christmas Eve Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) ...

The Schultes and Dimoff families enjoy the singing of the men of St. Michael Orthodox Church in St. Clair, Pa., on the Orthodox Christmas Eve, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent special Christmas gifts to commanders deployed in Ukraine, intended to salute their bravery and boost their morale. On Orthodox Christmas Day, Putin met with ...

Followers of the Orthodox Church fast for 40 days before Christmas and stay away from meat. After the Christmas Eve mass on January 6, they throw a giant feast to celebrate the last day of their fast.

A Russian Orthodox Church priest makes the sign of the cross during an Orthodox Christmas service at the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia, late Saturday ...

Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians in Manitoba, including the Kowalchuk family, celebrated Christmas Eve — and its traditional 12-dish vegetarian meal — on Saturday for the last time in January.

Orthodox mark Christmas, but the cel­e­bration is over­shadowed for many by conflict BY Associated Press International PUBLISHED 10:33 AM ET Jan. 07, 2024 ...