The head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem has criticized U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

Grandma Amy, her daughter and two grandsons greet ed their neighbour as they hurriedlywalked past her store. A friend of their neighbour who was in the store, asked to know why they were such in a ...

The report indicates the decline in self-identified Christians has leveled off in the past six years at around 60% to 64%.

Jesus’ death on the Cross was not a limited act only for his family, the 12, other followers and some of the rest of the ...

Plan your Lenten fish fry outings with our handy guide featuring non-profit dinners from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday, ...

The last deaconess of the Armenian Church was Hripsime Sasunian, who died in 2007. A decade after her death, in 2017, ...

Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna rebuked the US State Secretary after he spoke publicly with a cross on his forehead ...

The Greek Orthodox Holy Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai is believed to house the oldest icon depicting the ...

Some parishes hold their own traditions throughout the Lenten season, like St. Michael's Orthodox Church in Binghamton. Each ...

Here’s the origin of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter, when Lent ends and why the dates they fall on change every year.

Over two thousand years, the church has developed some excellent traditions to help us benefit from this time. Here are the top four.

Ash Wednesday cross. Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance ... originally introduced in 1582, while the ...