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COMMENTARY: From smuggled aid to candlelit prayers, Ukraine’s faithful are holding the line against both bombs and despair.
Ukrainian servicemen of the 100th brigade cross themselves during a service by a military chaplain to celebrate Orthodox Easter, in the Donetsk region. Picture: AFP This included 17 Australian ...
Recap our coverage from Pope Francis's funeral as world leaders gather in Rome. Francis died on Easter Monday after 13 years in the Vatican.
Originally, the iconostasis hung inside a wooden church at the Manyava Orthodox Monastery in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, in what was then Polish ... wooden cross on the patio ...
As Christians believe that Jesus is "the lamb of God," the lamb has taken on a deeper symbolism, representing Jesus' own self-sacrifice and death on the cross. The Old Bible ... is served at the Greek ...
For the first time, this year, the Way of the Cross in the Estonian Capital led to an Orthodox church. For Christians, Good Friday is the darkest day of Easter week. The Way of the Cross, also known ...
When Yugoslavia, on March 27, enthusiastically said no to the looming plague of tyranny, the Serbian Orthodox episcopate rose with the people as one—just as it had during the struggle against ...
Leo acknowledged the great responsibility they had placed on him before delivering a brief but dense homily on the need to ...
While many Polish Catholics observe Lent by attending traditional Way of the Cross services in churches, some choose a more intense spiritual path: the Extreme Way of the Cross. This unique Holy ...
Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025 as they also hope to one day see greater unity among all ...