Controversy followed after an artist's works were vandalized by a Greek MP, labeling them as blasphemous for distorting ...

The Greek Orthodox Church's Holy Synod has denounced the content of an exhibition at the National Gallery – the Alexandros ...

Greek authorities arrested Nikos Papadopoulos, a far-right MP with the Niki party, after artworks in Athens's National ...

In his sermon at the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch ... He added: “Mr. President, the icon of the Virgin Mary — honored by Muslims and Christians alike ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate ... who then carry them around the church while following an icon of Christ. This ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks ...

In his Sunday homily on March 9, Patriarch John X of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch addressed ... “Mr. President,” the patriarch continued, “the icon of the Virgin Mary has been ...

“The icon of the Virgin Mary has been smashed ... Mor Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church and John X of the Greek Orthodox Church—have issued a statement appealing for unity and ...

Given that the prevailing religion in our homeland is that of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ (Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Greek Constitution), Minister Lina Mendoni’s response (noting ...

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

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