The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity concludes at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, near Jaffa Gate – the seat of the Melkite community in Jerusalem and one of the most discreet yet ...

For as long as pilgrims have flocked to the Holy Land, locals have apparently been peddling them souvenirs and trinkets. In a rare find, Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered the tools used some 1 ...

Editor's note: This part 2 of an opinion series on churches of Orthodoxy. Part 1, "American converts are flooding ancient churches of Orthodoxy," is available online at reporternews.com. The Orthodox ...

Cast almost entirely of lead, the pendant is decorated on both sides with an identical image of a menorah framed within a circular border. A remarkably rare 1,300-year-old lead pendant bearing a seven ...

Ms. Elitzur is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish filmmaker. She interviewed members of her community on how they navigate the first night as bride and groom. Marriages among the ultra-Orthodox sometimes happen ...

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For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was shaped by waves of believers fleeing wars, revolutions and persecution in lands such as Greece, Syria, Russia and Romania. The Orthodox did ...

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. The persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians became a flashpoint between members of Congress on social media this week ...

CAMBRIDGE -- The undulating, ethereal vocalizations of a choir of men chanting melodies in Greek seem to transcend space and time, sweeping back the veil separating Heaven and Earth. It could have ...

BYZANTINE RITE CATHOLICS. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the ...