Orthodox Christians entered the period of Great Lent, a time of preparation for the feast of Easter, which, according to the ...

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Having taken over the Kennedy Center as chairman of the Board, President Donald Trump intends a major cultural retrograde.

This past Orthodox Christmas, on 6th January, in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the patriarch blessed icons and crosses engraved with the president’s initials to be sent to the most ...

If you told me a year ago that thinking about ”My Big Fat Greek Wedding”would make me teary, I would have laughed in your ...

How Christianity blurred the line between celibacy and androgyny.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for many Christian denominations. Here's the meaning behind one of the holiest observances in the faith.

Monday, Russian Orthodox Christians observed Christmas Eve with time-honored celebrations around the world. In honor of the holiday many churches, like St. John's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in ...

From prison and from exile, supporters of Moscow have been ramping up social media posts aimed at backing Russia’s call for ...

For the past year, the palms Rev. Robin Dodge and his family used in last year’s Palm Sunday procession sat next to two holy ...

A similar shift is evident in parts of Central Russia's Siberia. Two years ago in Chita, towering ice sculptures of Russian soldiers clutching Kalashnikov rifles stood among the New Year and Orthodox ...