Across Chicago, Eastern Christians with roots in the ... Orthodox Christmas celebrations Friday at St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Mission Church. At St. Paul, about 150 congregation members will join ...

But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept ...

(Credit: CNS photo/Laura Ieraci via CNEWA) Listen CHICAGO — Eastern Catholics in the Chicago ... including a member of the Orthodox Church of America. “It was like being with brothers and ...

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. There are many parallels between the beliefs of the Eastern Orthodox church and those of the Roman Catholic church, but there are also fundamental differences. Some of the ...

"May he help end wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and prevent conflict between India and Pakistan," Ecumenical Patriarch ...

Yet in a distinction that dates back centuries, Orthodox ... leader of Eastern Orthodox believers worldwide – endorsed the establishment of an independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine and revoked ...

Eastern Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar, established by Julius Caesar. In 325 A.D., more than 300 bishops representing different factions of the Christian church met in what is now ...

So today, Eastern Christians consider April 3 as the first day of spring while Western Christians use the more astronomically accurate date of March 21, said Demacopoulos. The Orthodox Church also ...