WASHINGTON — The Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) is thrilled to announce the release of the new edition of Orthodoxy Now, an online magazine publication dedicated to exploring and celebrating ...

Thousands of Albanians Pay Last Respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects ...

In Serbia's Orthodox Christian community ... The swim symbolizes the baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. While the exact origin of the tradition is unknown, some records suggest it has been ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

I don’t think so.” After adding that the alleged opponents of the church were also neither Orthodox Christian nor Muslim, he added, “These are people without kin or memory, with no roots.

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has died TIRANA, Albania -- Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived ...

On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the events of the ...

A. Baptism was instituted, very probably, about the time Our Lord was baptized by St. John, and its reception was commanded when after His resurrection Our Lord said to His Apostles: "All power is ...