Estonia is hosting the Taizé European Meeting until January 1 for the first time. In this divided country, the small Catholic ...

A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.” – from Stufen, by Hermann Hesse, 1877–1962 Time is ...

While much of the world marks Christmas on December 25, some countries celebrate on different dates—or not at all—due to ...

Ahmet, a 17th-century calligrapher born to a Muslim family in Constantinople, died a Christian Orthodox martyr on May 3, 1682 ...

The parish priest of a church in Odesa Oblast affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate justified Russian aggression against Ukraine and incited religious hatred, an ...

A Moscow court sentenced 27-year-old Adam Shcherbakov to life imprisonment for murdering 90-year-old Roman Legoyda, a high-ranking clergy member of the Russian Orthodox Church who served as Patriarch ...

A Russian manicure is also completely dry, meaning all of this is done without soaking your hands in water. “A Russian manicure emphasizes complete cuticle removal, careful and precise removal ...

He has the use of reason; 2. Knows how to give baptism, and 3. Intends to do what the Church intends in the giving of the Sacrament. Baptism is so necessary that God affords every opportunity for ...

“Our North Korean comrades have undergone a baptism of fire effectively,” wrote Russian military blogger Colonel Cassad, according to translations from the Telegraph. “Comrade Kim Jong-un ...

Plekhovo fell to Russian advances several days ago and Ukrainian leaders did not convey any North Korean role in the attack. President Volodymyr Zelensky reported “first battles” with North Korean ...

Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of ...