Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America kicked off this year’s Greek Independence Day event at the White House on Monday by thanking President Donald Trump for ...

5 I. WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED? 1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the ...

Parts of Hackney’s Orthodox Jewish community have hit out against “excessive state intervention” in the borough’s faith schools, claiming new legislation could “erode religious freedom”.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the tashlich ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

The ruins of another former capital, Byzantine Paleochora, can be found to the east above Agios Nektarios, one of the biggest churches in Greece, built for the most recent Greek Orthodox saint ...

That's why U.S. News took into account sights, seasonality, traveler sentiment and more to come up with this list of the best Greek islands. Now the only decision you'll need to make is which ...

This six-week period includes a renewed perspective on baptism, which often means a ... though the Eastern traditions (which include the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox branches) use the ...