The countdown toward Greek Easter, the "Feast of Feasts" began on February 23, 2026, with the dawn of Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday).

The air inside the sanctuary was thick with incense. A priest in embroidered vestments chanted ancient prayers as parishioners stood shoulder to shoulder. Some bowed deeply before painted icons of ...

Local leaders of the Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are asking their followers to pray for a positive outcome at an upcoming meeting between the heads of their respective churches. Pope Francis ...

Theologian Father Paul Haffner suggested the Orthodox clergy, in unity with the Catholic Church March 25, pray the ‘Akathist to Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos,’ a devotional hymn that sings the praises ...

Child deaconesses walk past the rubble of a collapsed building in a procession during the Palm Sunday service outside the Greek Orthodox Church of St Porphyrius in Gaza City on April 28, 2024. — AFP ...