Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...

With only a two-year age difference, the sisters share a bond more like best friends. "They call us two stooges because we ...

Fact checked by Karen CilliGrowing up Greek American, the question, "when is Orthodox Easter this year?" always popped up once the warmer weather rolled around. I always looked forward to the ...

In our society, it sometimes seems that Easter has been reduced to a celebration of chocolate bunnies, fake grass and eggs.

This day is known as Merelots. Christmas is no exception and people will visit the graves of loved ones while priests offer prayers. The Greek Orthodox Church also celebrates Theophany/Epiphany on ...

Because some Orthodox church jurisdictions follow the “old calendar,” or Julian Calendar, which honors Christmas in January, and some the “new calendar,” which slates it for Dec. 25 ...

the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Athos monasteries and some Protestants and Catholics of the Eastern Rite also celebrate Christmas on January 7 or December 25 according to the Julian calendar.

Tribune-Review Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 9:13 a.m. | Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 9:13 a.m. Worshipers gathered at St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in Monroeville to ...

On the eve of the Orthodox Christmas, we talked with the Arch-priest of the St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Sydney Fr. Nikita Chemodakov.

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