Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

Metropolitan Kirill lamented the absence of deeper spiritual and moral foundations among soldiers. "A person who has taken part in hostilities can become more embittered, consumed by hatred," he ...

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian ...

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre surround the restored Edicule, a shrine that Christian ... A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox ...

Thousands of Albanians Pay Last Respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects ...

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...

According to the 2023 census, Orthodox Christians in Albania make up about 7% of the country’s 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, pays his respects to the late Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania during his ...

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

Bulgarian parliament recognized Bulgarian Orthodox Church as the sole representative of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the country, after a new bill adopted by the parliament. The bill was ...