(Luke 2:10-11) The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus is one of the most joyful days of the Orthodox Church. It ranks next to the greatest holiday, the Resurrection of Jesus. The Feast of the Birth of ...

People do crazy things for love. In the ancient world, Jacob worked for Laban seven years to marry his daughter Rachel—and ...

For the agreed statements between Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches, see, Restoring the Unity in Faith: The Orthodox-Oriental Theological Dialogue (Holy Cross Press, 2007). Dr. Vrame is director ...

The NRSV Apocrypha comprise all the deuterocanonical texts approved by the Protestant, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. For a full list, see here: ...

Eastern Orthodox Churches are self-governing bodies of Christians adhering to a pure and unbroken line from the first days of the Apostles and the disciples of Jesus. Originally in communion with the ...

“It doesn’t make sense unless the people complaining are anti-Muslim or anti-middle eastern bigots ... and we meant the God of the Bible. In Antiochian Orthodox churches, when they pray ...

‘Orthodox’ can be used to describe people on any part of the scale of Judaism – from those who are fully observant to the Torah, to those who do not follow it closely. Overall, it refers to ...

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A lot of prep work goes into making Middle Eastern delicacies like grapeleaves and baklava. Members of Saint Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Wilkes-Barre know exactly ...

In eastern wooded suburbs, this small, owl is often the most common avian predator, emerging from its nest or roost hole at dusk to hawk insects or hunt other small prey, including songbirds and ...

(photo credit: MARCO BELLO/REUTERS) The majority of both haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and Modern Orthodox (MO) Jews in the US plan to vote for former president Donald Trump, according to research ...

Violent clashes erupted between parishioners from rival Orthodox churches on October 17 as they battled for control of St. Michael's Cathedral in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy. The ...

A cyclist is demanding change after a wire strung across Lincoln Memorial Drive by an Orthodox Jewish group fell and struck him in the neck. Rabbi Yisroel Lein, of Chabad of the East Side ...