(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 ...

Khalil Sayegh recalls his childhood in Gaza’s Christian community and speaks of the loss of his father and sister.

To understand this covenant more deeply, to investigate if it is a one-sided promise or a covenant of mutual reciprocation, ...

No one in the world knows more about identifying a Hitler — or any other Nazi — than do Orthodox Jews ... and Tuesdays and Thursdays on the Bible and Jewish law — send a request to rabbi@ ...

Thus, Lucaris’ Protestant-minded initiative in Constantinople was to put the Bible in the hands of all the laity and to ...

Russia is a hierarchical society that stresses power and conformity. The U.S. is a diverse society that legally protects ...

‘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 ...

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

Some students at Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University’s women’s school, say their values are in tension this election. Just days out from the presidential election, Shalva Perlman doesn ...

(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 ...

An Israeli minister said Thursday that after Hamas’s October 7 attack, there was no longer a “moral” justification to exempt ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from army service, breaking a long ...