From the believed birthplace of Jesus Christ in Palestine, to a minimalist marvel in Abu Dhabi, these houses of worship are testament to the Middle East's unbroken links to the origins of Christianity ...

Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the ...

In the Orthodox Christian tradition, to which the Greek Orthodox Church also belongs, the feast of Epiphany is associated with the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. According to ...

On January 6, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Epiphany, which commemorates John the Baptist's baptism of Christ in the River Jordan and the divine revelation of the Holy ...

The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and women have been largely exempt from army service since the establishment of Israel in 1948, while secular and traditional Jewish men and women must serve for a ...

On January 2, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church commemorates St ... he was healed from an illness through the intercession of a miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. A righteous elder once ...

It was heard Fr Bozos’ responsibilities in his role for the Greek Orthodox Community included providing spiritual and pastoral care, being registrar for weddings, baptisms and funerals ...

Credit: Greek Reporter Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople) remains the symbolic center of the Greek Orthodox faith even almost six centuries after its fall ... ordering the army to destroy any ...

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Quelbe Resurrection Band from left, Clifton Finch, Theodora Moorehead holding her certificate but face is hidden, Libya Callwood, Carl Powell, Ulysses Pilgrim, Bernard Wesselhoff, Lenard Fleming, ...