Controversial legislation referred to Knesset Constitution Committee; Women of the Wall say Israel 'spitting' in the face of Diaspora Jewry ...

Today is Sunday of Orthodoxy, which is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, ...

Rabbeinu Gershom was born in Metz, northeast France, in 960. If he were transported to Metz 500 years later, little would likely have changed. Metz in 1460 would be pretty much the same. Same language ...

Orthodox churches that celebrate the Nativity according to the Julian calendar marked the great Christian holiday on Wednesday. An Orthodox priest offers sacred wine and bread to believers after a ...

Did you know that over 260 million Christians worldwide are celebrating Christmas this Jan. 7? Over 400 years ago, according to National Geographic, a decision was made by some Christians to celebrate ...

Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holy day. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in ...

Harvard Hillel’s Orthodox rabbi, Ethan S.H. Fried ’16, and his wife, Bella Fried, were placed on administrative leave Friday pending an investigation, according to messages obtained by The Crimson — a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Often when a potential convert walks through the doors of his church, one of the first things the Very Rev. Andreas Blom encourages them to do is give up the thing that brought them ...

Editor's note: This part 1 of an opinion series on churches of Orthodoxy. Look for part 2: "The shape of American Orthodoxy in 2040" next week. For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was ...

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 ...

This is the second of two columns about converts to Orthodox Christianity in America. The Orthodox baptism rite includes a three-stage exorcism that is extremely detailed about the spiritual warfare ...

Pope Leo XIV called on Christians to unite during his visit to Turkey, marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in a gesture aimed at ending the Great Schism that separated the Roman ...