Wide shot tilts to reveal a statue of the virgin ... icon and the Mexican Catholic church. Inside Of Hagia Sophia After Converted Back Into a Mosque in 2020 Mosaics and frescoes of Jesus and Mary were ...

Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th.But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th.For ...

Warm Weather Threatens Epiphany Ice Water Plunges for Russia's Orthodox Christians MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers ...

In an exploration of faith, history and storytelling, Judith M. Davis has published "Finding the Virgin Mary: Her Evolving Stories from Early Christianity to Modernity" (McFarland Publishing, 2024).

On Monday evening, protesters, some carrying Georgian and EU flags, came together to celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a church opposite the parliament building in the centre of Tbilisi.

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.

It was told that during the pandemic, the orthodox priest of 18 years had not fulfilled his duties after he refused to conduct services for feasts on days other than Sundays when Covid lockdown ...

Ilia II, the Catholicos Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his recent election as the 47th President of the United States, saying, “people have very ...

Since the Roman Calendar Reform of 1969, the Church observes Jan. 1 as the solemnity of Mary ... the 15th-century icon “The Nativity,” prayed by Andrei Rublev. In the Orthodox tradition ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Young, single men are flocking to the Orthodox church after discovering the “masculine” Christian religion through online influencers. Some converts said they felt disillusioned with the ...