ISTANBUL - Pope Leo XIV joins the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians Friday to celebrate 1,700 years since one of the early Church's most important gatherings, on the second day of his visit to ...

First of all, the Eastern Orthodox Church does not give all church councils equal status. The church does, however, give special prominence to the seven Ecumenical Councils that took place between 325 ...

There is a lot going on underneath the golden dome in Newport News, reminds the Rev. George Chioros. At times, he worries that the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church is known only for ...

A Vatican spokesman said it’s premature to suggest a gathering between Catholic and Orthodox faiths to mark the 1700th anniversary of the first church council held in Nicea in 325 A.D. Despite cordial ...

While Christmas 2025 is beginning to fade into the past for many people, Christians in many Eastern Orthodox churches are ...

Every year, for millions of Christians worldwide, Christmas falls on January 7 rather than December 25. The difference exists ...

President Vladimir Putin attended an early Wednesday Russian Orthodox Christmas service and hailed his troops' “holy mission” ...

The church, opened in 1924, was the cultural center of Salt Lake City’s early 20th-century immigrant enclave known as Greek ...

As he began his four-day trip to Turkey, Pope Leo XIV met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Copyright AFP Philip FONG As he began his four-day trip to Turkey, Pope Leo ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Despite cordial meetings between Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople during the pontiff’s visit to Jerusalem, the Vatican has rejected media reports ...