The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox churches also recognize these ... As St. Augustine writes, "I would not have believed the Gospel had not the authority of the Church moved me." ...

While the new Nazi-Communist partnership may have surprised those whose Russian reading had been confined ... Sent to a Greek Orthodox seminary at Tiflis at 13, young “Soso” Djugashvili ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is sending letters in support of new mothers in Russia as part of a new project designed to encourage pregnant women to keep their babies, according to a ...

As both a Catholic convert and ethnic Jew, Art Blumberg reflects on complicated spiritual realities on pilgrimage to the Western Wall.

Guatemalan authorities have searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect and taken at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of abuse GUATEMALA ...

The pilgrim Magi remind us that we too are invited to be humble enough to see something new. They help us realize that there is always more to discover in God's mysteries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian ...

Turkey's central bank lowered its key interest rate on Thursday, the first cut in nearly two years as it battles with double-digit inflation. The bank's monetary policy committee decided to ...

5 Russian troops march past an Orthodox priest at the Hmeimim base in April 2018. The soldiers are wearing sand-colored Russian uniforms issued to some servicemen based in Syria. 7 Russian ...

A Moscow court sentenced 27-year-old Adam Shcherbakov to life imprisonment for murdering 90-year-old Roman Legoyda, a high-ranking clergy member of the Russian Orthodox Church who served as Patriarch ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

In Jerusalem, Jesus healed a paralyzed man at a ritual pool surrounded by five colonnades called the Pool of Bethesda, reports the Gospel of John ... Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem and ...