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

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine, venerates the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. I heard much the same from Byron ...

From their wedding in 1955 to decades of contributions in education, faith, and community, the Papadopoulos legacy continues ...

Those who are celebrating at St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Nesquehoning, the church is decorated with the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary and baby Jesus and a crucifix, poinsettia plants, ...

It's not even 6:30 a.m. and already the sun is beaming through the windows like it has something to prove. It's only ...

For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... Devout followers are said to light an oil candle inside the home beside their icon-candle and keep this light burning ...

The Orthodox distinctiveness lies particularly in the preparation period, which includes a fast starting on November 15—longer than Advent in the Catholic tradition. This liturgical period ...

A year later, in September 2020, McDowell—son of Hollywood icons Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell—proposed with a one-of-a-kind rose-cut diamond ring. Collins shared the joyful news on ...

Mary is the "eschatological icon of the Church" (CCC 972), meaning the Church contemplates in Mary her own end of times. The definition of the dogma does not say how the transition from Mary's ...

She was famous for finding fossils. She lived by the sea in the town of Lyme Regis in Dorset. Mary was the first person to find a whole Ichthyosaurus skeleton. You can see this at the Natural ...