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

On this site, we are coexisting with Christian communities: Russian Orthodox ... The same will happen at the Baptism site; that is particularly symbolic. The Church is full of images that evoke ...

It is the smell of burning candles and incense floating with the gentle breeze that greets you as you slowly climb the stone ...

BUCHAREST ndash Through online sermons and a bustling virtual community a Chinese Christian group labeled as a ldquocultrdquo and persecuted inside ...

“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 ...

The Church is mandated to show the world that unity in diversity is possible. A united church will win more souls for the kingdom of God. It is not about success or numbers, but about being faithful ...

The Cardinal also visited the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in Madaba, the Latin Church and Shrine of St. John the Baptist’s Beheading, the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Salt, and the ...

The greatest divisions occurred with the Orthodox Church in the 11th century ... gives us the profession of faith that unites us all in baptism. Each Christian is called to answer Jesus ...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins January 18. How was the ecumenical movement born? What have been its major advances? A look back at the history of the rapprochement of Christians which, ...

Known in the west as Epiphany, meaning just ‘manifestation,’ Theophany means more specifically ‘manifestation of God’ The Orthodox Church keeps January 6 for commemorating the Baptism of ...

Saint Odilia, also known as Odile, was born in the seventh century in France in the region that is now known as Alsace.