The New York Times

Eastern Orthodox Church

Stephen Hubbard was a wanderer. But when he moved to Ukraine, the war brought arrest, torture and imprisonment. He turns 73 this week. By Kim Barker and Nataliya Vasilyeva The village parishioners’ ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Anti-War Priest Vows To Launch New Kazakh Orthodox Church To Escape Moscow And Its 'Propaganda'

A Russian Orthodox priest in Kazakhstan, defrocked last summer after speaking out against the invasion of Ukraine, has launched a longshot bid to establish an autocephalous Orthodox church of ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Unhappy About Ukraine War, More And More Moldovan Priests Are Leaving Russian-Led Orthodox Church

DUBASARI VECHI, Moldova -- Sitting in the darkened nave of the church where he has led prayers and provided spiritual support for 19 years, a silver crucifix pendant standing out against his black ...
Grand Forks Herald

Atheist and Orthodox Christian priest to debate

The new Center for Interfaith Projects in Fargo is kicking off its first event with a good one: an atheist professor debates an Eastern Orthodox priest. It's at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Fargo Public ...
The Christian Century

Eastern Orthodox Church ordains Zimbabwean woman as its first deaconess

On May 2, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking the culmination of years ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Bulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox patriarch

SOFIA, BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria flocked to Sofia’s main Alexander Nevski Cathedral on Friday to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader ...
The Vindicator

A daughter’s journey to the Orthodox Church

The Rev. Kathryn Adams of Canfield, right, poses with her daughter, Sarah Emerick-Craig, outside Christ the Savior Holy Spirit Orthodox Church in Norwood, where Sarah attends. After serving as an ...
Yahoo

A US Orthodox influencer spoke against Russia's war. Then she was ousted as a nun

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sister Vassa Larin, a prominent American Orthodox nun, public speaker and YouTube presenter, poses for a portrait for the ...
The Repository

Orthodox-convert Very Rev. Charles Powell to preach at Holy Trinity Greek Church in Canton

The St. John Chrysostom Retreat is free, but reservations are required. CANTON − The Very Rev. Charles Powell took an unusual path to becoming a priest and pastor of an Orthodox church. Powell was a ...
The Victoria Advocate

Orthodox Easter to be celebrated May 5

Eastern Orthodox Easter will be celebrated on May 5th this year. Easter is called Pascha in the Orthodox Church. Pascha is the Greek word for Passover. The celebration is the Holy Resurrection of Our ...
The New York Times

Eastern Orthodox Church

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. By Ben Hubbard and Motoko Rich Stephen Hubbard was a ...