Today, the cross is the universal symbol of Christianity ... The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches use the crucifix as a focus of religious devotion, as do some Lutheran and Anglican ...

As Protestants and Roman Catholics are putting away their Easter decorations, Eastern Orthodox ... pastor of the Orthodox Church of St. Stephen in Longwood. “For us, the symbol is the reality.

Even today, the Catholic west crosses itself from left shoulder to right, and the Orthodox east does it from right to left. Clearly, this symbol still has the power to divide opinion, and some of ...

But for Eastern Orthodox ... "Catholics focus on the cross and suffering of Christ." Tonias and Rev. Athanasios Nenes, of the Taxiarchae Archangels Greek Orthodox Church in Watertown, addressed ...