Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 ...

The churches using the Byzantine liturgy include the Albanian, Belarussian ... Today there exists in Egypt the Coptic rite which is Orthodox and the Coptic rite that is loyal to the Bishop ...

The churches are small, but full of young and energetic believers ... Today, Albania's population is 70 percent Muslim, 20 percent Albanian Orthodox, and 10 percent Roman Catholic, according to U.S.

One morning in October of 2023, Miami police were called to remove a “squatter” who had, or so the ecclesiastical complainants claimed, taken up illegal residence in one of South Florida’s oldest ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros, who leads the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America visited New Orleans Friday, bringing a message ...

KOTTAYAM: After a brief hiatus, the disputes between Jacobite and Orthodox factions in the Malankara church resurfaced with ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. During the ongoing trial at the Baku Military Court on March 13, defendant Arkadi Ghukasyan admitted that Armenian passports were issued to Armenian residents living under ...

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During the holy month of Ramadan, mosques in Kosovo achieve significant milestones in teaching the Quran to children.

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...