This Easter, Orthodox and Catholic Christians find themselves united in a rare occurrence: celebrating the resurrection of Christ on the same day. In the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity ...

The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are ...

An Orthodox Church in Crete stands unique in Greece for integrating icons of heroes from the Greek War of Independence into ...

Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ...

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

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The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, started on March 3, 2025, when Greece celebrated “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean Monday.” The date ...

Joseph Mor Gregorios is the new Catholicos of the Syriac Orthodox Church in India. (Wikipedia) The Supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church anointed the new leader of their Church in India during a ...

The Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Aphrem II, the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, led the consecration ceremony at St Mary’s Syrian Orthodox Cathedral in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

The Supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church anointed the new leader of their Church in India during a solemn ceremony in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on March 25. Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the ...

The ceremony was led by the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II at the St Mary’s cathedral near Beirut in Lebanon. He will henceforth be known as ...