The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

Washington state's law could place clergy at odds with civil law in order to uphold church law regarding seal of confessional ...

Orthodox churches have joined the Catholic bishops of Washington in a lawsuit against a state law requiring clergy violate ...

WASHINGTON – The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation has urged the world's Catholic and Orthodox churches to begin envisioning what shape "worldwide ecclesial communion ...

Worshippers light up their candles as they take part in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. / Photo: Reuters In the 2000s, the ...

The joint presence of the Greek Orthodox and Catholic bishops commemorated the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting between Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem in 1964.

BARI, Italy — As the Orthodox chants in Russian and the Ukrainian bishop’s voice echoed in the ancient crypt, the faithful lowered their scarf-wrapped heads to the marble floor, held candles ...

In Ethiopia, divisions in the Orthodox church, once a unifying force in a country fraught with conflict, pose a new threat, finds Katharine Houreld . ... ‘If bishops speak for war, ...

Unalaska commemorates 200 years of Russian Orthodox history with blessing of the Bishop’s House. By Theo Greenly, Andy Lusk, KUCB News. Published: October 1, 2024.

Washington joins seven other states in denying privilege for confidential communications about sexual abuse in the ...