Ecumenical Orthodox patriarch backs Ukraine’s sovereignty in Mass marking 3 years of war

ISTANBUL — The top figure in Eastern Orthodox Christianity on Sunday declared that “Ukraine’s sovereignty is…

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church in Albania, dies at 95

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Church after the fall of…

Warm weather threatens Epiphany ice water plunges for Russia’s Orthodox Christians

MOSCOW — Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe…

Bulgarians celebrate the feast of Epiphany with a ritual plunge into icy rivers

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers in Bulgaria on Monday braved the freezing winter…