Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

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 ...

Pope Francis expressed hope for “reconciled differences” between Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christians during his Wednesday general audience, reflecting on the centuries-old ...

The biggest Orthodox church in the world is being built in Bucharest, Romania and is expected to open in 2025. The People’s Salvation Cathedral at a height of over 130 meters will become the future ...

(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 ...

According to the Bible, Pentecost marks the day on which the Holy Spirit descended on the members ... Thousands converted and were baptised, and the Christian faith continued to grow and expand from ...

According to scholars, The Orit has roots in the Septuagint, a mid-3rd century BCE Greek translation of the Pentateuch (the Five Books of Moses), which is the basis of the Christian Bible.

The Bible mentions the ancient pagan trading ... Armenian Catholics, Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, Assyrians, Chaldean Catholics, Copts, Protestants (including Presbyterians, Baptists ...

In his address, Patriarch Bartholomew spoke of “The Necessity of Synodality,” and emphasised that the Orthodox Church from its inception has operated synodically. He said that synodality ...