The city of Tarpon Springs’ annual Epiphany event is widely considered the largest such Greek Orthodox ceremony in the world, ...

At the beginning of the fourth century, the emperor Maximian (284-305) gave orders to destroy Christian churches, burn ...

The Greek Education Ministry ... died a Christian Orthodox martyr on May 3, 1682. Due to Ottoman law, he did not have a wife but had a concubine, a Christian Orthodox woman from Russia. An older ...

Holiday Traditions | 'A time to slow down': Orthodox Christians prepare to celebrate Feast of the Nativity Kelly Urban, The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. Sun, December 29, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to ... "We are witnessing a crisis in the church," Culture Minister Fani Palli-Petralia said on Thursday ...

Editor’s note: This is the latest in a Saturday series of stories and photographs featuring local holiday traditions. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – For those observing Orthodox Christmas, it's a time of ...

Parion, also called Parium, was an ancient Greek city located on the coast of the Hellespont (present-day Dardanelles Strait) in northwestern Anatolia, Turkey. Founded in 709 BC, it played a ...

Jim Gaffigan: The comedian might be getting slimmer but his career is growing and he returns to the comfort food of Tampa, ...

The entry of the jubilee cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29 marked the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land.