“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 ...

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received a group of catechumens into the Orthodox Church through Baptism and Chrismation at Ss. Catherine and George Greek Orthodox Church in Astoria, ...

The Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University requests the honor of your presence at the 2024 Economos Orthodoxy in America Lecture: “Building an Alliance of Grace: The Work of Ecumenism ...

But for almost half of U.S. Orthodox Christians ... alternatives they have continued to offer for liturgies and Bible studies alongside the in-person gatherings. Veronis’ church also experienced ...

Ukraine's ban on church links with Moscow has provoked considerable controversy at home and abroad. Why is Kyiv carrying through with it? And what does the EU think ...

In the territory that Russian forces occupy in eastern Ukraine, they have attempted to dismantle the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. In a video meeting with Kirill in March of 2022, Francis made an ...

Pope Francis on Sunday sharply denounced the Ukrainian government’s recently enacted ban on Russian Orthodox Church worship, arguing that the faithful should not be barred from worshipping as ...

MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday condemned a move by Ukraine to ban a Moscow-linked branch of the Orthodox Church, describing it as an attack on Christianity and a blow to freedom of ...

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the Ukraine government's move to ban a Russia-linked branch of the country's Orthodox Church. "Do not touch churches," the pope said in his weekly prayers ...

The bill’s main target is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) which has historically been linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate. Zelensky referenced the ...