As shocking as it may be to believe, there are more than two billion Christians scattered around the world at this moment.

Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to Rome. Promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, the fifth ...

The proclamation of the common faith requires, first of all, that we love one another,” the Holy Father said in a Feb. 6 ...

A Syrian refugee is the first named victim of the horror mass shooting in Sweden on Wednesday, Swedish media has reported. Salim Iskef, 29, an Orthodox Christian who fled the war in Syria in 2015, was ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...

The latest round of iconography is being installed at St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay. Officials say the tradition ...

The celebration on Jan. 25 marked the solemn conclusion of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which the Pope ...

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks ...