The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

He was the lucky swimmer who retrieved the cross in the annual Greek Celebration of Epiphany which involes a blessing of the waters and throwing of the cross ceremony. After the waters are blessed ...

First, is there actually a growing trend of young men looking to become Orthodox Christians? Second, is it correct to describe Eastern Orthodox Christianity as “masculine,” es ...

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre surround the restored Edicule, a shrine that Christian tradition says was built over the burial place of Jesus Christ. The shrine ...

Rather, Jesus ... Images This is supported by surviving papyrus documents from the Galilee region, which show that this was the common tongue among the Jewish population, as well as early Greek ...

In February 2025, photos circulating online revealed that Azerbaijani forces damaged the altar of Tsitsernavank in Artsakh's ...

The full name of the holiday is the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers ... appearance of a deity' in Greek) and commemorated the miracle ...

This recent discovery in the City of David could shine a light on this important part of the Bible that could actually be ...

St. Anthony was born in Portugal in the late 12th century. He’s one of the patron saints of marriage, particularly in his ...

[Rev. Nicon Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas ... the Litanies of the Names of Jesus (1886), the Litanies of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1899), those in honor of ...

and the Greek cross was replaced by the Latin cross. The Orthodox tradition knows the komposkoini (literally a rope with knots). Known since medieval times the komposkoini is used by monks and nuns ...