Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th.But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th.For ...
The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its "alternative path of civilised ...
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 ...
Ira Gershwin put it like this: “Oh Jonah, he lived in the whale, / For he made his home in / That fish’s abdomen.” But Gershwin, or perhaps the character in Porgy and Bess who sings it ...
Public support for doing away with sweeping army exemptions for military-age ultra-Orthodox men has risen sharply over the past year, according to a survey published Tuesday by the Israel ...
Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed cautious optimism this week that pilgrims will be able to return to the region amid a new ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Death, taxes and no Texas Rangers arbitration hearings. Right-handed pitchers Josh Sborz and Dane Dunning both entered the offseason eligible for arbitration before the club agreed to one-year ...
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 ...
According to Kan, Netanyahu is currently working on a new enlistment outline in an attempt to satisfy ultra-Orthodox demands. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told the public broadcaster on ...
To find less-recent posts on a subject XXX among his over 2000 archived ones, go to the right-top corner of a Times of Israel page, click on the search icon and ... He's an Orthodox Jew but ...
Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.