If the court allows St. Isidore of Seville Catholic school to become the first government-funded religious school in the country, the consequences for religious education could be far reaching.

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a bargain city break destination and has been named one of the best value holiday ...

This recent discovery in the City of David could shine a light on this important part of the Bible that could actually be ...

Scenes from the life of Christ—including his infancy, triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and Last Supper—adorn a small Coptic Orthodox chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Several ...

In the Holy Land, we should resist the temptation to confuse hope with a political solution to the conflict, which is nowhere in sight, except perhaps for the next generation. Indeed, these are two ...

All fifth Sundays are a joint service of the two churches with communion rotating between the Episcopal tradition and the ...

According to reports in the Greek press, Apostolos Vavilis, said to be a former drug dealer, has ties to Athens Patriarch Christodoulus, head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Athens, and to Jerusalem ...

Despite his gunshot wounds, sustained Tuesday in Sweden's deadliest mass shooting, Salim Karim Iskef managed to video-call ...

Orthodox Easter occurs anywhere from ... who then carry them around the church while following an icon of Christ. This is done to recall Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. The olive leaves are ...

Many in the Western Church consider Pentecost to be the “Birthday of the Church.” In Orthodox thinking, however, the Church existed from the creation of Adam. Thus, they celebrate the special ...

As Israeli soldiers continue to occupy the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank, Fr. Amer Jubran, parish priest of the ...