It was thought the Ukrainian president may miss the funeral, which begins at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST) in front of St ...

The Great Lent is one of the four fasting seasons of the Orthodox Church. The Great Lent is considered abstaining from something one cherishes to eat, like the traditional Ketfo (a bowl of finely ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...

"Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine ...

Follow live coverage from Pope Francis's funeral as world leaders gather in Rome. Francis died on Easter Monday after 13 ...

Among the estimated 200,000 people at the service are presidents Trump and Zelensky, who met briefly before the funeral began ...

Orthodox Easter is associated ... and take part in the practice of Holy Communion marking the moment when Jesus offers his disciples bread and wine, which he said were his body and blood.

From royalty to prominent world leaders, thousands of people to gather in the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis.

The canonisation of London-born teenager Carlo Acutis has been postponed due to the death of Pope Francis, meaning the wait for the first ever millennial saint goes on. Having passed all the ...