(RNS) — On Thursday (May 2), the Orthodox Patriarchate ... in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking the culmination of years of efforts to revive the female diaconate in the Church.

But while Jewish law has its exemptions, women concerned about the rules of modesty have plenty of reasons to prefer treatment by a female EMT. “93Queen,” Orthodox filmmaker Paula Eiselt’s ...

Lila Kagedan, who was ordained this summer by the Open Orthodox seminary, declined to identify the American congregation who hired her. (JTA) — The first graduate of Yeshivat Maharat to take ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Eastern Orthodox churches today, to be differentiated from Roman Catholic communions of the Eastern Rite, are those churches which find their apostolic head in ...

Congregation Sha’arei Orah installed its first spiritual leader late last month, with Rabbanit Leah Sarna taking over as one ...

Our forebears from other denominations experienced similar challenges. The journey of Orthodox female rabbis bears striking similarities to the trajectory of the first female rabbis in the Reform ...