In a "Solomon-like" decision, Greece's Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) has resolved a heated, long-running legal battle between ...

Patriarch Theophilos III leads Forefeast of Theophany celebrations at Jerusalem and River Jordan, immersing the Precious ...

The churches say they do it each year to pray for God’s blessings and peace for the world, and to celebrate the baptism of ...

TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the ...

Epiphany, or Epiphany, is one of the key holidays of the Orthodox calendar associated with the evangelical event of the ...

Dead Sea, Jan. 16 (Petra)-- The Orthodox Church celebrated, on Friday, its yearly pilgrimage to Al-Maghtas, the site of Jesus ...

Like the cross atop the Wonder Wheel every Christmas, the baptismal font in church signifies more than a bath where a ritual ...

MADISON, Wis. – Greek Orthodox churches in Madison gathered on Sunday for their annual Blessing of the Waters ceremony. This ...

Catholic clergy representing the Latin Church as well as Greek Catholics, Maronites, Chaldeans, Syriacs and Armenians ...

The annual Blessing of the Sea service in Margate took place on Sunday 4 January 2026. The event is a Greek Orthodox ...

Athos Karistinos, 18, dove into Spring Bayou Tuesday and followed the white glow of the cross. It was his third time diving but he didn’t switch up his approach from last year — and this time it ...

Florida’s largest Greek Orthodox community gathered Tuesday for its 120th Epiphany celebration, where dozens of teens dove into chilly water to retrieve a cross in front of thousands of ...