Dozens of Orthodox faithful attended today the celebration of a ceremony of consecration and raising of the cross in the bell tower under construction of the Orthodox temple of the Holy Righteous ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (R ... in the Ukrainian war will be decorated with military crosses blessed by Kirill himself – and engraved on ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church ... and asked Kirill to consecrate crosses and icons he prepared as gifts for commanders of his troops fighting in Ukraine.

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Orthodox Christmas: “Today, we join Orthodox Christians, including Coptic Christians, and Eastern Rite Catholics in Canada ...

Putin decided that Russian troops lacked religious symbols and icons, prompting him to distribute crosses with his initials to soldiers before sending them to die on Ukrainian soil. On Orthodox ...

Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants have reportedly harassed Greek Orthodox Christians in the Valley of the Christians who are openly wearing crosses. The situation continues to deteriorate in the ...

Does the Russian Orthodox Church believe that Russia, through its invasion of Ukraine, is "restraining" the appearance of the Antichrist? Ever since the head of the Russian Orthodox Church declared ...

Greek Orthodox bishop at the Great Blessing of Waters on Theophany, throwing the cross off the Glenelg Jetty, South Australia, for one of the swimmers below to retrieve. Credit: Maggas/Wikimedia ...

The first 50 ultra-Orthodox soldiers were drafted for regular service in the Israel Defense Forces’ new Haredi brigade, known as the Hasmonean Brigade, the military said on Sunday. The ...

The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service.