Pope Leo XIV called on Christians to unite during his visit to Turkey, marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of ...

The East–West Schism that occurred in 1054 represents one of the most significant, and tragic, events in the history of ...

Pope Leo XIV joins the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians Friday to celebrate 1,700 years since one of the early ...

MOSCOW – As bells pealed and worshippers wept, Russian Orthodox leaders signed a pact Thursday to heal an 80-year schism between the church in Russia and an offshoot set up abroad following the ...

After the Soviet Union’s collapse, Orthodox Christians throughout the Slavic world celebrated the slow, steady construction of churches after decades of persecution. In 2004, the poet Nina Borodai ...

The Russian Orthodox Church on Monday moved to sever all ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate, the Orthodox mother church, to protest its moves toward creating an independent church in Ukraine.

Catholic and Orthodox Christians share the same prayer when making the sign of the cross, but they have distinct ways of ...

I'm A Martínez in Kyiv, where, just walking around the city, you'll notice the many places of worship - towering structures next to grand squares all over the place. They are ornate historical places ...

In the whole history of the Orthodox Church in America, this has never been seen,” a priest said about the surge of young men ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox church of Ukraine, attend the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul Jan. 6, ...

Eastern Orthodox experts and Protestant neighbors explain impact of Constantinople freeing Kiev from Moscow. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has been born again. On January 6, it received the tomos of ...

The Orthodox Church has a long history in Ukraine, one that is tied to the country's national identity. Some parishes identify solely with Ukraine, while others identify with Russia. I'm A Martínez in ...