The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic observances overlap only every three to four years thanks to different church ...

A Moscow Patriarchate official praised Pope Francis for fostering ties between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, passed away as announced by the Vatican. His ...

A top official of the Moscow Patriarchate has lauded the role played by late Pope Francis in developing contacts of Catholics ...

The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are ...

Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

Easter Monday is not a federal holiday in the United States, meaning government offices, post offices and banks remain open.

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Easter marked a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate of ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

In a relatively rare phenomenon this year, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and fall on the same dates for the Roman Catholic and ...