Catholic and Orthodox bishops discussed steps toward unity and the importance of cooperation and friendly dialogue.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Epiphany day celebrations in Istanbul ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of some 300 ...

Anti-Trump protesters march towards the White House during the “Not My President’s Day” rally in Washington. Feb. 20. Photo by Yuri Gripas/REUTERS. Twenty-two Modern Orthodox rabbis signed a statement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Orthodox Easter Service in Istanbul ATHENS (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church has let Christian Orthodox fathers ...

CAIRO – The spiritual seat of the world's Orthodox Christians on Friday issued a call for unity ahead of the first ever meeting of the faith's 14 independent churches that is expected to discuss the ...

Anna Schalk finds herself weeping each time she enters an Orthodox church and gazes at the flat, colorful icons of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. The impressionistic painter had long been drawn to ...

ATHENS, GreeceATHENS, Greece — Millions of Orthodox Christians across Eastern and Southern Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere in the world, have celebrated Easter, capping weeklong religious ...

(JTA) — A new initiative is paying Orthodox synagogues to hire female spiritual leaders. The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance announced Sunday that it is giving grants of up to $10,000 per year to ...

President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine has split the Orthodox Church. Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, a leading authority of the Eastern Orthodox Church, quickly condemned the ...

For Lara Neri, painting icons is a kind of prayer. “It’s probably the most intense prayer that I do,” said Neri, a Byzantine Catholic from Dallas, referring to the dozens of hours she spent in a class ...