But most Eastern ... sized icon of St. George, "the great martyr." "He's dressed in his full military regalia," he said. " He was a soldier." There's the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

First, is there actually a growing trend of young men looking to become Orthodox Christians? Second, is it correct to ...

While visiting the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Guida experienced “the poetry of pure contemplation, in which absence is ...

The boy’s pious mother christened him Joseph, after the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus. But names were not ... in Rumania’s Bessarabia and in eastern Bulgaria and the Isthmus.

Their rituals reflect the eastern roots of the ... the language spoken by Jesus Christ, and the village's name means 'entrance' in this rarely-heard language. One of Maaloula's main monuments is the ...

Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Christian Church in Mount Crawford is in the process of having its walls painted. But these are ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Archbishop Anastasios, head of the Orthodox Church of Albania, died at a hospital in Athens at the age of 95 on Saturday, the church announced. Anastasios played a key role in ...

Kollyva, the boiled wheat-based sweet offered at Greek Orthodox memorial services for the souls of the dead, has roots in ...

Warm Weather Threatens Epiphany Ice Water Plunges for Russia's Orthodox Christians MOSCOW (AP ... imitating the baptism of ...

The latest round of iconography is being installed at St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay. Officials say the tradition ...