Christianity
Epiphany celebrated in Greece after two years of restrictions
Greeks celebrated Epiphany Friday with blessing of the waters ceremonies across the country.
The holiday is known as Three Kings Day for Catholics and the Baptism of Christ for the Orthodox. Greece is predominantly Orthodox.
PASOK leader meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios
PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis met on Friday with Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios at Phanar.
Epiphany celebrated in Greece
An orthodox faithful catches a wooden crucifix during Epiphany day celebrations in Piraeus near Athens, Friday. Epiphany marks the end of the 12 days of Christmas, but not all Orthodox Christian churches celebrate it on the same day.
[Louiza Vradi/Reuters]
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Bulgarians Celebrate Epiphany and Saint Jordan’s Day: The Cross in Thrown in the River
On January 6, Bulgarians celebrate Epiphany or St. Jordan's Day (Yordanovden) - one of the biggest Christian holidays in the Bulgarian calendar.
Pope Benedict commemorated by Archbishop Elpidophoros
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Monday, extolling his efforts for dialogue with the Orthodox Church.
On January 1 Bulgarians Celebrate Saint Basil's Day
On January 1, Bulgaria's Orthodox Church celebrates the Circumcision of the Lord. Circumcision is an Old Testament sacrament that began at the beginning of the second millennium before Christ. It was introduced by the forefather Abraham as a sign of the covenant between God and God's chosen people, but it also appears as a type of Holy Baptism.
No one knows how the world’s most remote church was built atop this 130-foot stone pillar
The mysterious structure is viewed in local legend as a “pillar of life” and a “symbol of the true cross”
Late-Roman Ruins and Pottery Uncovered at Antioch
The vessels may have been brought to the site by early Christian pilgrims who came to visit the Church of St. Peter
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Dispute between orthodox Russians, Ukrainians in Antalya
A new dispute has occurred between the Russian and Ukrainian patriarchs in the southern province of Antalya as the citizens of both countries living in the city do not want to share the same churches.
Antalya, which hosts many migrants from both countries fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war, has also become one of the meeting areas of divisions within the Orthodox church.
Archbishop Ieronymos ends years of tolerance of Mount Lycabettus’ “miracle-working” priest
Five years after a church probe that he had ordered condemned the "miracle-working" priest, Demetrios Loupasakis, who drew thousands of faithful with a crucifix that he claimed to contain part of the True Cross of Christ, to the church of the Saints Isidore on Mount Lycabettus in Athens, Archbishop Ieronymos has said he will remove the priest and his entourage from the chapel, giving them a fiv