Their work has contributed seminal research to the fields of Byzantine history, Orthodox Christian tradition and contemporary geopolitical issues. The study covers the broad landscape of Orthodoxy, ...

The Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies is a double-blind, peer-reviewed scholarly journal publishing leading scholarship on all aspects of the thought, history, society, politics, theology, and ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

The full name of the holiday is the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ TASS-FACTBOX ... the Armenian Apostolic (January 6) and the Coptic Orthodox (January 7). In a number of Catholic ...

Thousands of Albanians Pay Last Respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion ... and Last Supper—adorn a small Coptic Orthodox chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Several Christian sects warily share the cavernous sanctuary ...

Samuel Coptic Orthodox Monastery, just west of the town of Al-Idwa. Local journalist and human rights activist Ezz Tawfik said 10 armed men dressed in camouflage and riding in three SUVs approached ...

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...

According to the 2023 census, Orthodox Christians in Albania make up about 7% of the country’s 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher.

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox ... Christian year and the whole of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday till Easter Sunday, is observed. On ...