MOSCOW (Reuters) - As troops loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin were seizing control of Crimea, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow deduced that an "internal political crisis" in ...

Reading Of Sacred Books; Prayer And Despair; Religious Ceremony; Hymn; Orthodox Hymn From Asia Minor; Hymn For Good Friday; Hymn; Hymn For Easter Thursday; Hymn To The Endless Creator; Hymn From A ...

Last week I attended Orthodox services at St. Alexis Mission in celebration of Christmas. The Orthodox Church in America counts nearly 90 churches across Alaska, and congregations here, and in Canada ...

Ethiopia marked Orthodox Christmas Eve on Tuesday with a large candlelight ceremony in Addis Ababa, where thousands gathered in Meskel Square for prayers, hymns and a midnight Mass. Worshippers, many ...

The imposing wood doors that shroud the altar at St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church swung open to reveal the man everyone was there to see. Brass bells rung by clergymen harmonized with the ...