While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be ...

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990.

Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

At 66, Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon released a new book, Free Children of God, on March 13. The right-hand man of ...

Though many men have contributed to the design of the bolt-action centerfire rifle, none have done as much as Paul and ...

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou retracted his claim that the U.S. paid the Ecumenical Patriarchate to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

It is extremely premature to perceive politicians' talk about peace as a signal for an early cease-fire, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces need to lick wounds and build new lines of defense. The ...

Celebrating Easter together might seem like a simple expression of union, but it can also breathe new life into efforts ...

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople received money for the creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). This was ...