Palm Sunday marks the last Sunday before Easter, and signals the beginning of Holy Week, an important period of prayer and reflection for Christians before the Resurrection of Jesus.

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. By Ben Hubbard and Motoko Rich Stephen Hubbard was a ...

FILE - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, center, delivers the Christmas service in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Friday. While much of the world has Christmas in the rearview ...

Nearly 90% of the world’s Christians celebrated the most important holiday in their faith last Sunday, but for those in the Eastern Orthodox tradition — including about 20,000 in the Baltimore area — ...

Father Spiro Bobotas streams Holy Week services from Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Miami. The church is closed to in-person services amid the coronavirus epidemic. The Eastern Orthodox ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The entire life of the church is a calling to ecological awareness,’ said Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew. WASHINGTON (RNS) — The spiritual head of Eastern Orthodox Christians ...

While many Christians celebrated Easter April 5, those of the Eastern Orthodox rite who adhere to the Julian calendar will ...

The Rev. Stevhen Supica, left, of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Spokane removes Christ’s body from the cross and prepares to wrap it in a white cloth during a reenactment of the burial of ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States, where he met Monday afternoon with President Donald ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Great and Holy Pascha (Easter) is celebrated by Eastern Orthodox Chrisitans (officially known as the Orthodox Catholic ...

Stephen Hubbard was a wanderer. But when he moved to Ukraine, the war brought arrest, torture and imprisonment. He turns 73 this week. By Kim Barker and Nataliya Vasilyeva The village parishioners’ ...