The persecution of Christians in Syria, such as the suicide bombing that killed 25 at a Damascus Orthodox church in June, is ...

Hollywood icon Mel Gibson visited Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece, from June 27-29, 2025, to celebrate Vidovdan and ...

Houston’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, one of the largest Greek Orthodox communities in the nation, expects to cover each of its walls with colorful Byzantine iconography by the year 2027, ...

Pope Leo XIV received members of a delegation from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in a June 28 audience.

The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...

Feast of the Holy, Glorious, and All-Praiseworthy Chiefs of the Apostles, Peter and Paul - Feasts of the Church ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, was released from a Washington hospital Monday morning after an overnight stay early in his 12-day visit to ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in an elaborate ceremony to canonize St. Olga Michael in her ...

Alaska Native Woman, 'Everybody's Helper,' Is Orthodox Church's First Female North American Saint KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska ...

ST. MARY'S ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH was established on 15 Aug. 1904 by 101 ROMANIANS in Cleveland. The church's first structure, at 6201-05 Detroit Ave., cost $10,000 and was dedicated in Aug. 1905.

For Eastern US, Temperatures Swing High, Then Swing Low. They'll Soon Go Back Up After days of blistering heat, the nation's sweaty East Coast got to open windows, step outside and get temporary ...