From the mud of Woodstock ’69 to the ancient incense of Orthodox Christianity, American singer-songwriter Jim Giatas has lived one of the most unlikely journeys in contemporary sacred music. Raised in ...

While Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox communities had long maintained a presence in the Land of Israel, it was the ...

My friend Father Michael Azar, a Greek Orthodox priest and scholar, calls the Book of Revelation the most misunderstood book in the New Testament. “It is a source of joy,” he told me. “At Patmos, St.

For Jews who grew up after the Holocaust, Israel’s claim to the land in the interest of survival was obvious, and Arab ongoing attacks on Israel sidelined concerns about Palestinian rights, Cosgrove ...

WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center will be screening a film in the New Year about Orthodox Christianity, which has been experiencing a surge of converts in recent years, in an effort to promote works ...

After serving as an active Methodist pastor for more than 40 years, I am now retired. My husband is also a retired Methodist ...

But they also criticize the media’s simplistic depictions, especially in stories about Christian nationalism and a movement ...

Pope Leo XIV has condemned violence and wars waged in the name of religion at a landmark event with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, urging them during his first overseas trip as leader ...

Mattingly: The Orthodox baptism rite includes an exorcism that is extremely detailed about the spiritual warfare that ...

On the second day of his visit to Turkey, Leo flew to Iznik, the ancient city of Nicaea, where he joined Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the world's Orthodox Christians and other dignitaries at the ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) – On the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the two Christian leaders pledged to unify their churches while warning world leaders to halt the spread of war. ISTANBUL, Turkey ...

The ceremony, in which Catholic and Orthodox hymns were sung alternately, was held in the area where the remains of the Basilica of St Neophytos were recently exposed by falling water levels. Pope Leo ...