Toronto (CTV Network) — In a year filled with immense loss for many Ukrainians, this Orthodox Christmas has taken on a new meaning for the many who were forced to flee the war-torn country. Nearing a ...

(RNS) — When the ordination of Angelic Molen of Harare, Zimbabwe, as a deaconess by Metropolitan Seraphim, the Greek Orthodox archbishop of the south African country, was announced in a press release ...

It's Christmas this week for tens of millions of Orthodox Christians around the world, who celebrate the holiday in January. In Lebanon, NPR's Emily Feng tells us the celebrations take on special ...

Yom Kippur is observed for a 25-hour period, beginning at sundown tonight, when Jews refrain from work that is prohibited on Shabbat plus eating or drinking, bathing, anointing the body with oil, ...

(JTA) Like many observant Jewish women, Sandy Tapnack visits the mikvah at the end of her period in observance of the laws of family purity. There, she cleans herself thoroughly before immersing in ...