On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

May God, who through water and the Holy Spirit has given us a new birth in Christ, be with you all. All make the following or some other suitable reply: And with your spirit.

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, along with a mixture of local traditions. Orthodox Easter ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

"You can bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things. Because the love that empowers you ...

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 ...

A miraculous step forward in material science could unlock a solution to the water crisis plaguing the globe by sourcing water from vapor. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A miraculous ...

"Our essential commitment in life is to preserve and advance constantly in Eucharistic life and Eucharistic piety and to grow spiritually in the climate of the Holy Eucharist." (Pope John Paul II ...

Water, one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth, did not appear on the planet until after the moon-forming event. Credits: Richard Bartz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Water, one of ...

In the Holy Land, we should resist the temptation to confuse hope with a political solution to the conflict, which is nowhere in sight, except perhaps for the next generation. Indeed, these are two ...

Schools on four Greek islands—Santorini, Amorgos, Anafi, and Ios—will remain closed until February 14 due to ongoing seismic activity. Since February 1, over 800 tremors have been recorded, with 11 ...