Orthodox Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas, even as two of the faith's most populous nations - Russia and Ukraine - continue to fight in Europe's largest conflict since World ...

Orthodox Christians marked a sombre Christmas on Tuesday in the war-torn Gaza Strip, with worshippers saying there would be no gifts for children and no joy during this year's holiday.

Greece is the first country in southeast Europe to legalize same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ adoption, and the first of the world’s 14 majority-Orthodox nations to do so. Although Greece passed laws ...

This year, thousands of Ethiopian pilgrims and international tourists gathered in the historic town of Lalibela to celebrate ...

One of the most important shifts in history was the spread of Christianity by the Greeks from the Byzantine Empire into Eastern Europe.

Moscow Patriarch Kirill accused the West of "hating" Russia because it represents "an alternative path of civilizational ...

Today, approximately a third of Orthodox Christians worldwide are marking Christmas Eve, as they observe the holiday on January 7, according to the Julian calendar. This includes nations and regions ...

Ukraine and its monasteries are the birthplace of the Russian Orthodox Church; both nations trace their spiritual and ...

Greece's Permanent Representative to the UN, Evangelos Sekeris, at a meeting on Syria - "Our country supports the smooth ...

TASS/. The Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has opened more than 200 parishes in 25 African countries over the past year-and-a-half, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ...