The Eastern Orthodox Church honors Saint George and refers to him as a “Great Martyr.” The traditional legends have offered a ...

With captivating histories and artistic splendours, some of these incredible places of worship have also become key tourist ...

A tiny church built in the trunk of a huge tree dedicated to Saint Paisios draws thousands of visitors each year from Greece ...

For the first time in almost 10 years, Christians of all stripes will be celebrating Easter, which commemorates the ...

2. The Communion of Saints: Eastern Orthodox Christians believe that those who have died in Christ are alive today in heaven and that we can communicate with them through prayer. They don't see this ...

On Good Friday, dozens of Utah Christians again took to the streets of downtown Salt Lake City and symbolically retraced ...

But as the years go by, the calendars used by churches — the Gregorian calendar by Western Catholics and Protestants and the Julian calendar by Eastern Orthodox churches — continue to diverge.

Orthodox Christian believers light candles following the embrace of the holy relics of Saint Lazarus in an act known as ...

But it's not always the same day. Typically, the Catholic and Protestant churches dominant in the U.S. mark Easter days or even months ahead of Eastern Orthodox Christians, whose Easter is also ...