The "Baptism of Christ" is a well-known ceremony in the Orthodox Church that involves bathing in an ice hole, usually cut into a river. According to local beliefs, this ritualistic bath washes ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

Theophany commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, the wedding at Cana and the visit of the Magi. The Orthodox church celebrates the blessings of water during Theophany.” ...

To celebrate Jesus Christ’s baptism in the Jordan River, members of the Twelve Holy Apostles Orthodox Church came down for the annual blessing of the waters on Monday. And then, some of them ...

It commemorates Christ's baptism, his blessing of the Jordan River, and the divine revelation of the Holy Trinity. The Rev. Daniel Pop of St. Athanasius Romanian Orthodox Church and the Rev ...

“It’s the baptism of our Lord on Jan 6. We bless the waters, homes and people in the homes,” the Rev. Thomas Constantine of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Castle, Pa., sai ...

is an annual event for St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. It commemorates the Theophany, or the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. The celebration of the Feast of Theophany ...