Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

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During an Easter service at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral held on Saturday night, Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill referred to the holiday as a “victory day.” “Easter is a victory ...

But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept ...

For Putin, the Orthodox faith is central to his world view and he always attends services during major church holidays. For Orthodox Russians, Easter is the most important religious holiday.

The Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawadros II, also expressed its condolences to the Catholic Church, praising Pope Francis’ love, humility, and authentic Christian witness — calling him ...

In Turkey, Christians gathered at the Greek Orthodox Church in Mersin for the Easter Sunday service. Worshippers were seen performing a candlelight vigil and lining up to sing holy songs as they ...

At All Saints Shrine, there are first-class relics of Teresa of ávila, Thomas More, John Fisher, Padre Pio and Pope Pius X, ...

The conflict brought relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church to a new low in 2022 when Francis said its Patriarch Kirill, who supported the conflict, should not act like ...