Orthodox Christians filled a Jerusalem Church to celebrate the Holy Light ceremony, before it is transported to Greece to ...

The scent of herbs and flowers filled St. Elias the Prophet Orthodox Church on Saturday morning as the priest scattered roses and bay leaves throughout the sanctuary. The church’s youngest congregants ...

The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.

Christians around the world will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on the same Sunday this ... from the Easter Sunday observed by the Orthodox Church, a tradition of many centuries.

Under Bashar al-Assad there was no political freedom in Syria but there was religious freedom. Iraqis and Iranians fleeing ...

Observations of the Great and Holy Wednesday by Greek Orthodox Christians during the Great Lent and the different traditional ...

Archaeologists excavating beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem s Old City have uncovered evidence of an ancient garden ...

Because Easter fell on the same day on the Julian and Gregorian calendars, meaning Catholic and Orthodox were celebrating on ...

(RNS) — A new animated film detailing the life of Christ hit theaters just in ... didn’t diminish the previous hour’s depiction of Jesus as incensed at religious leaders who charge ...

Palestinians trying to access Christianity's holiest sites in the Old City of Jerusalem face restrictions and hostility ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to ...

It often fills in details that Dickens left out, it emphasizes a different set of themes, and it is even more theologically orthodox (more Christian ... crucified Jesus), its depiction of the ...