A large crowd watched on as dozens of swimmers rushed to retrieve a wooden cross thrown by a priest into the water, in a ceremony marking Epiphany near the port of Piraeus outside Athens on Monday.

Stations of the Cross are a major devotion, especially during Lent. Also, every Catholic home should have a crucifix. We routinely and reverently make the Sign of the Cross when we bless ourselves.

Denis Onea, 18, raises the cross after being the first to retrieve it from Lake Eola during the 50th Epiphany celebration to commemorate the baptism of Jesus by the Orthodox church known as the ...

The Orthodox delegation was invited to the Vatican by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the council, welcomed the group to Rome on May 31.

MILL BASIN — It was a dual, milestone celebration, as Brooklyn’s Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church and the Dimitrios and Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School, commemorated 60 and 45 years of ...

A parish of the Orthodox Catholic Church of America, Holy Cross’ humble beginnings included ministering to nursing home residents and helping those experiencing homelessness.