One of the earliest versions of the Greek flag was officially adopted on January 13th, 1821, 103 years ago. It features a ...

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia hosted the Epiphany Greek Festival in Sydney's Carss Bush Park, attracting ...

Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

Credit: Joergens.mi/Wikimedia commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 Smashing a pomegranate on New Year’s Day is an ancient Greek custom that continues to this day as the red-colored, nutritious fruit is considered a ...

Greek Orthodox bishop at the Great Blessing of Waters on Theophany, throwing the cross off the Glenelg Jetty, South Australia, for one of the swimmers below to retrieve. Credit: Maggas/Wikimedia ...

Catholics will celebrate the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. Christian baptism is rooted in a rich symbolism of water in the ...

Christian Orthodox believers, who follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve, in front of St. Luke ...

Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Greek Orthodox church in the Syrian city of Hama on Wednesday, entering the compound and attempting to remove the cross before targeting the church's walls, local ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (R ... in the Ukrainian war will be decorated with military crosses blessed by Kirill himself – and engraved on ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

Local Orthodox Christian community members gathered Sunday afternoon to mark Theophany with the Blessing of the Waters at ...

In the Blessing of the Waters ceremony, swimmers dive to retrieve a floating cross, a symbolic act believed ... Day in Western Christianity. However, Orthodox Christian churches may celebrate ...