The Ecumenical Patriarchate has canonized two Mount Athos monks, recognizing them as saints of the Orthodox Church.

Shots rang out Thursday over the Kwethluk River as a mass of pilgrims lining the muddy banks sang a hymn of blessing on the eve of the summer solstice. At last, leaders of the Orthodox church had ...

In Bulgaria, priests blessed jars of honey during a religious festival honoring St. Haralambos, the patron saint of ...

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — “St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America. Orthodoxy — the ...

Unlike Western Europe, the Orthodox world had no single pope to overthrow and no centralized authority that could be toppled to remake the entire church. While Protestants attacked Catholic traditions ...

KWETHLUK, Alaska — “St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America. Orthodoxy — the world’s ...