This liturgy was used by the church in Antioch in present day Syria. Many bishops in this area also broke away after the Council of Chalcedon. They stopped using Greek and used the Syriac language ...

The Greek Orthodox Holy Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai is believed to house the oldest icon depicting the ...

Father Bendo and his wife, Georgia, moved their family from Albania to Lewiston, where they've received a warm and supportive ...

Kathara Deftera,” Greek for Clean Monday, commences the 40-day period of Great Lent, known as "Sarakosti" for the Greek Orthodox Church.

The Louvre Museum in Paris announced the acquisition of a private collection of 272 Eastern Christian icons, which will be ...

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active monasteries. But ...

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 ...

Philomath resident Brent Kaseman shares information on the Orthodox Church, which has a presence in the local vicinity.

The National Gallery is an art museum located on Vasilisis Sofias avenue in Athens, Greece. It is devoted to Greek and ...

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 ...