Hidden deep within the forest, this abandoned Eastern Orthodox Ukrainian church stands as a quiet testament to faith and history. Surrounded by nature’s embrace, its once vibrant icons and intricate ...

The peoples of our world desire peace,” Pope Leo XIV said, “and to their leaders I appeal with all my heart: Let us meet, let ...

"May he help end wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and prevent conflict between India and Pakistan," Ecumenical Patriarch ...

But while most Western churches calculate the date using the Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, Eastern Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar, established by ...

For Christians in the Middle East, this moment carries particular significance. These ancient communities, rooted in lands ...

when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one. Moreover, each church uses its own ecclesiastical calculations for lunar cycles ...

At the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Orthodox clergy and faithful welcomed the May 8 election of Pope Leo XIV, hoping he would build on the ecumenical progress made by his ...

But Western churches — including Roman Catholic and Protestant — use the Gregorian calendar, standard in much of the world. Eastern Orthodox churches — such as the Greek and Russian branches ...

when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one. Moreover, each church uses its own ecclesiastical calculations for lunar cycles ...