Moreover, both the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic churches ... As my bleary-eyed friend discovered at that early morning Mass, the sacraments of Holy Orders and matrimony are too ...

The Orthodox faith sees Apostles as a universal witness to Jesus and His resurrection. Bishops are seen as direct overseers within a local community (pastoral and as ministers of the sacraments like .

The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...

Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of Albania, 95, died on Jan. 25 in Greece due to a recent illness. He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. Under his leadership ...

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

Love is simple, says Reverend Paul Anthony Daniels, because “in its most visceral form,” it boils down to three things: spit, ...

Given that the Eastern Catholic Churches could at times be a delicate topic for dialogue with the Orthodox ... Eastern practices with regard to the sacraments and worship. During the Council ...

According to the 2023 census, Orthodox believers in Albania make up about 7% of the 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher. The tiny Western Balkan country is ...

Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodore II has praised the President for what he has termed as his commitment to upholding freedom of worship in Uganda.Pope Theodore II is the leader ...

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What a week this has been for Barça fans! If the extraordinary comeback in Lisbon wasn’t enough already, today we witnessed another game that is up there with the best in the club’s 125 years ...

Beyond the Bible, Roman Catholics, and Orthodox Christians celebrate the sacraments validly, venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary and other saints. They follow the same seasons of the liturgical year.