That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the ...

The head of Russia's powerful Orthodox Church said in remarks published late on Tuesday that "weirdos" were trying to spread ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

By Pastor Rod Anderson The 12 days of Christmas have run their glorious course and we are looking Epiphany squarely in the face on Jan. 6, and then for a whole season of worship weeks. On the ...

A lot has been canceled in 2020 and while there’s plenty to lament about, one silver lining – whether welcomed or not – is there’s more time to rest and connect with those ...

Unalaska’s Church of the Holy Ascension hasn’t had a resident priest for a few months, but that didn’t stop parishioners from ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, died on Jan. 25 in Athens. He was 95.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after ...

All Saints Orthodox Church in Olyphant celebrated the second day of Christmas in honor of the Theotokos on Dec. 26.

Greek Orthodox priests stand next to the casket of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania during a religious ceremony, a day before his funeral, inside the Cathedral of ...