Orthodox Christianity
Greece just legalized same-sex marriage. Will other Orthodox countries join them any time soon?
By Dasha Litvinova and Peter Smith — February 16, 2024
Roughly 200 million Eastern Orthodox live primarily in Eastern Europe and neighboring Asian lands, with about half that total in Russia, while smaller numbers live across the world.
Remembering Kallistos Ware, revered Orthodox Christian theologian
By John Chryssavgis — August 24, 2022
(RNS) — The renowned and popular Orthodox Christian theologian of recent decades died Wednesday (Aug. 24) at 87.
Orthodox Christian web forum blocked by Russia over Ukraine coverage
By Marika Proctor — June 22, 2022
(RNS) — The website’s readership has more than doubled since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Orthodox priest reportedly arrested in Russia for sermon decrying invasion of Ukraine
By Jack Jenkins — March 10, 2022
(RNS) — The Rev. Ioann Burdin, who is also believed to have signed a petition condemning the invasion, was reportedly charged with ‘discrediting the use of the Armed Forces.’
‘A religious politician’: Head of US Ukrainian Orthodox Church slams Moscow Patriarch Kirill, Putin
By Lew Nescott Jr. — February 25, 2022
(RNS) — ‘I think the President of Russian Federation is making it a religious war. The responsibility is on him and his soul,’ Archbishop Daniel said.
Eastern Orthodox patriarch meets with Biden, discusses climate change
By Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The entire life of the church is a calling to ecological awareness,’ said Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew.
Orthodox Church’s top patriarch hospitalized in Washington
By Jack Jenkins — October 24, 2021
(RNS) — The cause was not immediately clear, although officials said his hospitalization was "out an abundance of caution."
Led by ‘Father Revolutionary,’ Indigenous Guatemalans turn to Orthodox Christianity
By David I. Klein — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — Spurred by the conversion of a beloved former Catholic priest, Orthodox Christian communities have popped up in some 120 villages across northern Guatemala and southern Mexico.
The pope’s Iraq visit will make headlines. Can it make life better for religious minorities?
By Knox Thames — February 26, 2021
(RNS) — A sense of foreboding plagues efforts to return Christians and Yazidis to their homelands.
Exhibition in Jerusalem challenges perceptions of modestly dressed women
By Michele Chabin — September 6, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Featuring women from different cultures, the multimedia investigation of modest dress shows that the common denominator is a thirst for spiritual meaning.
Greek hospitality is put to a religious test
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 2, 2016
ATHENS, Greece (RNS) Greece has won high praise for its hospitality toward migrants who have passed through on their way to other parts of Europe. But some are putting down roots in what is one of the most homogeneous Christian nations in the world, where national identity has long been intricately linked to religion.
Greece and Turkey spar over Ramadan prayers at Hagia Sophia
By Lauren Markoe — June 14, 2016
(RNS) The beloved Hagia Sophia is not officially a mosque or a church. Now some Christians are afraid that its secular status is changing.
Easter fire destroys New York Serbian Orthodox cathedral
By Lauren Markoe — May 2, 2016
(RNS) A New York landmark is gutted.
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