For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more ...

In September 1964, Pope Paul VI, in a gesture of goodwill toward the Greek Orthodox Church ... where Andrew is the patron saint. The Holy Lance—said to be the weapon used by a Roman centurion ...

April 24 is a special day in Greek Orthodox tradition, celebrating the lives and legacies of Saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker ...

The Eastern Orthodox Church honors Saint George and refers to him as a “Great Martyr.” The traditional legends have offered a ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...

Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, has expressed sorrow over the death of Pope ...

For the first time in almost 10 years, Christians of all stripes will be celebrating Easter, which commemorates the ...

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

At the foothills of the Pierian Mountains, near the Aliakmon River, lies the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner in ...

This Sunday holds a special significance across the Christian world, including Greece, as believers celebrate Palm Sunday ...

Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon walks at the Monastery ... (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — Petros Giannakouris is an award-winning Greek photojournalist. He is a staff ...

Upon learning of this distinguished honor, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros convened an extraordinary session of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with the sole ...