Washington state's law could place clergy at odds with civil law in order to uphold church law regarding seal of confessional ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Washington state over a new law, Senate Bill 5375, which makes clergy members ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

Washington joins seven other states in denying privilege for confidential communications about sexual abuse in the ...

State media says a suicide bomber in Syria has detonated himself inside a church filled with people, killing at least 22 ...

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has offered to show off his penis to the head of the country's Orthodox Church to ...

DWEIL’A, Syria — A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and wounding 63 ...

The church bombing was the first of its sort in Syria in years and comes amid Damascus's efforts to gain support from ...

Since then the Greek Orthodox Church, the official state religion of Greece, has been stunned by continuous allegations of embezzlement, corruption and sexual escapades. The Holy Synod, governing body ...

Orthodox pilgrims and clergy gather in the old St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church cemetery to take part in the glorification ceremony for St. Olga in Kwethluk on June 19, 2025. Shots rang out over ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Diocese of Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert has announced new clergy assignments effective next month at the church. According to a press release from Schlert, decisions about ...