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There have been twelve Greek Popes in the history of the papacy, with Saint Peter considered to be the first Catholic leader.
With the holy commemorations of Good Friday and Easter for Roman Catholics, Orthodox Greeks and other Christian denominations ...
Forum of Holy Land Christians demands Jerusalem send higher-level representative to pontiff's funeral, wants probe of cops ...
The season moves slowly. The church slows the time even more in the last week, Holy Week, to linger in the course of Jesus’ ...
For his first Easter Triduum as Archbishop of Boston, Archbishop Richard G. Henning decided to join in celebrations of this holiest time in the Christian calendar at various locations thr ...
Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk called on the international community to act after Russia's Bright Thursday ...
For most of us, holidays give us the opportunity for a break from the daily grind and a moment to foster positive attitudes, depending on how long a given holiday lasts. The social, psychological, ...
Francis had only appeared in public a handful of times since returning to the Vatican after a 38-day hospital stay.
Patriotic Britons may have woken this morning expecting to raise a pint and a flag in honour of St George, only to discover ...
April 23, 2025, the Church commemorates Saint George the Trophy-Bearer, one of the most significant feasts in Orthodoxy ...
The Church’s future could lie in a conservative continent that has not raised up a supreme pontiff in some 1,500 years.
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The Great Lent and Easter
The Great Lent is one of the four fasting seasons of the Orthodox Church. The Great Lent is considered abstaining from something one cherishes to eat, like the traditional Ketfo (a bowl of finely ...