Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...

Standing in the freezing cold at Moscow's Borisovsky Cemetery, 63-year-old Anna looked at the hundreds of people flocking to ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

While fashion trends evolve, the principles of humility, dignity, and respect for sacred spaces remain timeless ...

Orthodox priests sing and pray during a mass for the 'sanctification of honey' around honey jars with candles arranged in ...

Orthodox priests sing and pray during a mass for the 'sanctification of honey' around honey jars with candles arranged in cross-shape, at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin church in ...

Swedish media reports the father-of-two was among seven women and three men police confirmed were killed in Örebro massacre ...

A member of Kasselia's congregation, 29-year-old Salim Iskef, was among those murdered in Orebro on Tuesday in Sweden's first ...

Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious ...