HELSINKI — Around 300 Catholic and Orthodox faithful gathered in the capital of the predominantly Lutheran country of Finland ...

Funeral services for a teenage boy remembered for his endearing smile and a math teacher known for her dedication to students ...

Hundreds of mourners squeezed into wooden pews, lined the walls of the funeral chapel and later walked together to the graveside, holding candles to honor Ana Cristina Irimie.

September 11, 2024, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine hosted a Memorial Service commemorating the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. His Eminence Archbishop ...

His Eminence then presided over the Orthodox Memorial Service ... Following the singing of the funeral hymn, Fr. Andreas then introduced the next section: testimony on the theme “rebuilding and ...

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 ...

Following the Angelus, his weekly prayer service at the Vatican, on Sunday (Aug. 25), Pope Francis criticized Ukraine’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has historically been ...

But for almost half of U.S. Orthodox Christians, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses and receiving Communion from a shared spoon and chalice, liturgical services ...

It’s one of the most popular hymns in the Christian songbook – but apparently the benefits of Amazing Grace are not purely spiritual. For scientists have discovered that belting out the much ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following the Angelus, his weekly prayer service at the Vatican, on Sunday (Aug. 25), Pope Francis criticized Ukraine’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

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 ...