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Hundreds of Ethiopians gathered at the DSK Mariam Church in Washington D.C. to chant and pray in an ancient liturgical ...
Ethiopian Christians from various denominations united in spirit and devotion to celebrate Palm Sunday, locally known as ...
The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, started on March 3, 2025, when Greece celebrated “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean Monday.” The date ...
Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America kicked off this year’s Greek Independence Day event at the White House on Monday by thanking President Donald Trump for ...
Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, a prominent and empathetic voice on contemporary issues facing Jews in the Orthodox world, died early Friday morning in a car accident on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
The highest-ranking cleric of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOARCH) on Monday championed President Donald Trump's leadership and likened him to the Roman Emperor Constantine I. "Through ...
Liebb, an Orthodox Jew dressed in religious attire, was on a United Airlines flight from Tulum, Mexico, to Houston, Texas, the first leg of his journey to New York. He went to use the facilities ...
With the Muslim fasting season coinciding with Christian Lent this year, the usual contingent of Christian leaders was especially august on March 11, with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III ...
In Israel, everyone must serve at least two years in the IDF once they turn 18. For decades, ultra-Orthodox men like Mendel could avoid being drafted — as long as they continued their studies of ...
People living in Mekelle, the main city in Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray, have told the BBC they fear they could soon be dragged into conflict again. Growing tensions threaten the fragile peace ...
Ethiopia's prime minister asks Tigrayans to email him with suggestions for a new leader. Residents in Ethiopia's north tell the BBC they are stocking up and taking cash out as tensions deepen. A ...
Icon of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Public Domain St. Patrick’s Day may be widely associated with Roman Catholic traditions, but a Greek Orthodox church in Grevena, northern Greece, has ...