It has taken place at the same time, in the same manner, and in the same place every single year for centuries. The Holy Fire is the most renowned miracle in the world of Eastern Orthodox Christianity ...

Shortly after Samy Ghattas and his family moved to Houston in 1969, he was approached by two fellow Egyptians who wanted to form a Coptic Orthodox Christian community. "We were talking about 10 ...

The miracle of the Holy Fire happened today at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem — though this year, the church itself, normally jammed with the Orthodox faithful, was empty of all but ...

Hi all, I’ve not been in touch these past couple of days because I’ve been traveling. As you know, I’ve been at a conference at the Russian Orthodox monastery, Holy Trinity, in Jordanville, New York.

Thousands of dollars worth of religious artwork, called icons, line the walls of St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church in Post Falls. But it was a $20 mass-produced picture of the Virgin ...

Frederica Mathewes-Green writes for Beliefnet.com and Christianity Today, and is the author of several books, including "The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation." Orthodox ...