For some, Christmas has not even passed yet. On the 7th January, Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas as they still retain the Julian calendar. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

Internal strife is mounting within both the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, as controversial statements and recent leadership moves stir dissent among ...

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But the former governor’s recent outreach to skeptics could win him some late-breaking endorsements in the race’s final weeks In recent weeks, as Andrew Cuomo has stepped up his outreach to Orthodox ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Last month, Russian Orthodox priest Dmitri Safronov was issued ...

Israel's health and interior minister, Moshe Arbel, does not mince words when it comes to the thorny issue of exempting the country's ultra-Orthodox Jews -- also known as the Haredim -- from ...

Greek law mandates that every Sunday throughout the year is designated as a public holiday. As a deeply religious country, Greek employees are allowed to observe many Catholic and Orthodox holidays.

Four Orthodox rabbis are among the 26 people named by US President Donald Trump to advise his newly formed Religious Liberty Commission. Two other Jewish activists at right-wing advocacy groups ...

The Roman Catholic Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches in the UK have welcomed an "unprecedented" move towards unity this week. They have launched a new book entitled "Joint Statements" outlining ...