Credit: Jim Forest, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The remarkable spread of Christianity by the Greeks of the Byzantine Empire into Eastern Europe stands as one of history’s most significant turning points.

The largest Christian sect in the country is Eastern Orthodox Christians under the authority of the ancient Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch. These Antiochian Orthodox Christians have a small ...

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Warren Scott STEUBENVILLE — While many have taken down their Christmas trees and put away their decorations until next year, Christians in Eastern Orthodox churches will begin celebrating the ...

Does the Russian Orthodox Church believe that Russia, through its invasion of Ukraine, is restraining the appearance of the ...

For millions of Orthodox believers, this date remains a sacred time to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, regardless of ...

Unlike the Catholic faith, which is headed by the Vatican, Eastern Orthodox Christians are permitted to request independent jurisdiction from other Orthodox churches.

The nativity in the flesh of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, known as Christmas in the West, is one of the 12 major feast days of the liturgical year in the Eastern Orthodox Christian ...

A common theory is that the Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of Gnostic texts, were an illegal stash of books hidden from ...

Leaders are working to keep their flocks from getting fooled by impersonation scams, which use church details to prey on members’ generosity.

A lifelong Baptist, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100 Dec. 29, held views that differed from Catholic ...