After months of speculation about who would lead the estimated 2.5 million-member Greek Orthodox Church in America into the next millennium, Chicago-area members have high hopes after the election ...

“The Orthodox Church is, and always has been, unabashedly pro-life, regarding abortion as the killing of another human being,” they asserted.

The Russian Orthodox were granted independence in 1970, and are now known as the Orthodox Church in America. The Antiochian Orthodox conference in Pittsburgh continues the process of independence ...

St. Olga, a Yup'ik woman who died in 1979 at age 63, was a midwife, a mother of 13 and the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, honored as a spiritual mother by the title of “matushka.” ...

The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...

An Orthodox Church in America priest from Ohio was briefly suspended after he was seen in a video wearing his cassock on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, after he attended the Stop the Steal rally ...

Last month, the Russian Orthodox Church canonized a new saint: Olga Michael, who lived in the small ton of Kwethluk, Alaska, until her death in 1979. St. Olga is the first Yup’ik to be canonized in ...

"This is going to be the light on the hill," said Father Alex Karloutsos of the Greek Orthodox Church of America. "In 2001 it became a historical place because of now we have 3,000 people that ...

NEW YORK- A Russian bishop could become the next head of the Orthodox Church in America, a move that is already upsetting some members who fear this would compromise the OCA’s independence.

Unable to overcome the disgrace of a sexual misconduct accusation, Bishop Matthias, head of the local diocese for the Orthodox Church of America, has announced he will step down Monday, leaving a ...

When the bishops of the Orthodox Church in America authorized St. Olga’s canonization in 2023, there was talk of moving her body to Anchorage as a more accessible location.

When the bishops of the Orthodox Church in America authorized St. Olga’s canonization in 2023, there was talk of moving her body to Anchorage as a more accessible location.