Members of St. Andrew Orthodox Church of Lyndora braved cold winds and icy roads Sunday, Feb. 9, to witness the annual ...

Unalaska’s Church of the Holy Ascension hasn’t had a resident priest for a few months, but that didn’t stop parishioners from organizing their annual Christmas celebration. Although no clergy were ...

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

An illustrative image of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Israeli Jews near a sign ... after which haredim will be exempt from service. The 2022 bill proposed to lower that number to between 21 and 23 ...

The opening of 600 positions for Greek Orthodox priests in the diaspora is expected soon ... “It is not only the liturgy, baptism or marriage – the Church in the communities of the Greek diaspora ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of ... through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the River Jordan.

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism ... service while ...

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the ...

In Serbia's Orthodox Christian community ... The swim symbolizes the baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. While the exact origin of the tradition is unknown, some records suggest it has been ...

Russia's Orthodox leader and staunch Kremlin ally Patriarch Kirill denounced on March 16, 2023 the looming eviction of monks from a monastery in Kyiv over its links to Russia. (Photo by Igor PALKIN / ...

Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...