A new chapel and suite of community spaces re-establishes the contemporary relevance of church architecture in Australia’s increasingly secularised suburban landscape. If you ask me, society’s faith ...

Virgin Mary Orthodox Monastery on the hill in Trebinje city Bosnia and Hercegovina, panoramic view of the city in sunset drone point of view Interior elements in the Coptic Christian Church in Egypt ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

But for Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian calendar, the festivities come 13 days later, on January 7. At St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Fort Myers, the Rev. Joachim Boutros has heard all ...

Orthodox Christians around the world have ... observed the festive season at Moscow's St George's Church. In Serbia's capital Belgrade, Prince Philip was pictured holding a burning oak branch ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Christmas Service at the Saint George Church in Moscow, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Children play at a ...

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

This is by far the largest rite in the Church. It was founded by St. Peter in Rome around ... Today there exists in Egypt the Coptic rite which is Orthodox and the Coptic rite that is loyal ...

Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Archbishop Anastasios Yanoulatos, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, leads the Easter ...