In his 1862 volume Hutom Pyancha’r Naksha (Surveys of the Hooting Owl), social commentator and satirist Kaliprasanna Singha (1841–1870) reflected on one of the most prominent Christian conversions of ...

Prince Vladimir’s adoption of the Orthodox Christian religion strategically aligned the Slavic world and the Kievan Rus with ...

Members of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church attend the Divine Liturgy during bright week in the Central West End on April 27, 2025. ST. LOUIS — A surge of people converting to Orthodox ...

For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was shaped by waves of believers fleeing wars, revolutions and persecution in lands such as Greece, Syria, Russia and Romania. The Orthodox did ...

When Sarah Riccardi-Swartz moved from New York City to a small Appalachian town in West Virginia in the fall of 2017, she was searching for an answer to a puzzling question. Why had a group of ...

The St. John Chrysostom Retreat is free, but reservations are required. CANTON − The Very Rev. Charles Powell took an unusual path to becoming a priest and pastor of an Orthodox church. Powell was a ...

(RNS) — Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, without a doubt the most renowned and popular Orthodox Christian theologian of recent decades, died on Wednesday (Aug. 24) at 87. A convert to Orthodox faith, he ...

Did a widow with seven children get 15 years in an Egyptian prison for becoming a Christian? Not so fast. Nadia Mohamed Ali was raised in a Christian home, but when she married Mustafa Mohamed ...

Editor's note: This part 1 of an opinion series on churches of Orthodoxy. Look for part 2: "The shape of American Orthodoxy in 2040" next week. For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was ...

After years of determined effort the Orthodox bloc in the coalition government of Israel succeeded last month in securing the passage of an anti-conversion bill in the Knesset (Parliament). Under the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Very Rev. Charles Powell will speak Nov. 15 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church at 4705 Fairhaven Drive NW in Canton. CANTON ...