On Sunday, May 5, people around the world will celebrate Orthodox Easter, including in countries such as: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Egypt ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, is set to begin on March 3, 2025, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean Monday.” ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...

With the Gregorian calendar, Easter is celebrated between March 21 and April 25. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the holiday can be celebrated between April 4 and May 8. The date is set on the ...

In April 2018, he hosted Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Albania and called for “an immediate end to Russia’s fratricidal war against Ukraine,” La Croix International reported.

OLEG VAROV / RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PRESS SERVICE / AFP The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church now have a new gift for their war "heroes." During the Orthodox Christmas celebration held by ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox ... on my Easter visit, I find myself inside the tomb again, squeezed alongside three kerchiefed Russian women.