Orthodox Church News

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has revised its statute to ban selling or mortgaging church property, and will trim back the powers of its head, the Patriarch, in favour of more power for the Holy Synod.

Russia's chief mufti has become the first Muslim cleric to receive an Orthodox award, an Orthodox Church leader said on Monday.

As the world's economy teeters on a precipice, 253 Catholic bishops are in Rome discussing one thing they consider rock solid in uncertain times: the Bible.

Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:30:32 +0500 MONASTERY ATOP CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE By Jonathan Lis Ha'aretz www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1027042.html 09:34 07/10/2008 Israel The historic Deir ...

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Augusta will host its 19th annual Augusta Greek Festival Oct.

Fri, Oct 10, 2008 The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians is calling for greater unity between the Orthodox Churches.

YOUNGSTOWN A A A' The Ukrainian Orthodox League of Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Belle Vista Avenue, will sponsor a stuffed cabbage sale Oct.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew swings a chicken over the head of an Israeli girl as she prays as part of a Kaparot ritual in which it is believed that one transfers one's sins from the past year into the chicken, in Mea ...

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 6, 2008 .- Benedict XVI sent a personal message to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II saying that modern times call for a hastening of the journey toward Christian unity.

Russian Synod respects Georgia's territorial integrity The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church recognizes and respects Georgia's territorial integrity.

George Greek Orthodox Church's new facade, but Rev. George D. Tsoukalas said another ingredient made the project possible.

Pope Benedict's "In the beginning" has started off a weeklong Bible-reading marathon on Italian television.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, said Sunday he would urge Moscow not to sell sophisticated weapons to Israel's enemies.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS People cross themselves while holding portraits of the Czar Nicholas II in Moscow.

AP Photo: Sebastian Scheiner An ultra-Orthodox woman walks past a shop selling long-sleeve shirts and ankle-length skirts which women are required to wear according to Jewish law, in a religious neighborhood in ...

A Jerusalem court has ruled that a leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party cannot run for mayor of Jerusalem because of a criminal conviction.

The spicy scent of incense fills the airy chapel as a bearded priest chants, the hymns punctuated by the clank of cymbals and a triangle.

Greek Orthodox Parish Loudoun gather before the GSA Walk for Shelter on September 20.

The last czar and his family were victims of political repression, Russia's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, formally restoring the Romanov name and furthering a Kremlin effort to encourage patriotism by ...

In a spare living room furnished with a bookshelf of Hebrew texts and special silverware for religious occasions, Rabbi Jacob Hirschman, 71, tallied up the locations of his grown children.