A surge of people converting to Orthodox Christianity is helping local parishes here buck the national trend of declining church attendance and membership at other Christian denominations.

In Germany, around 42.2 million people profess the Christian faith. That includes 19.7 million Catholics, roughly 18 million Protestants, and around 4.5 million Orthodox Christians, who now live here.

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, left, light candles for Christian pilgrims during the Holy Fire ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to ...

Know the traditions and spiritual significance of Pascha, the Orthodox Christian celebration of Easter. Learn its unique date calculation, Holy Week, and resurrection joy.

Seattle, Wash., Mar 25, 2025 / 12:15 pm. 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 ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after ...

WASHINGTON — The Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) is thrilled to announce the release of the new edition of Orthodoxy Now, an online magazine publication dedicated to exploring and celebrating ...

The Orthodox tendency to “ignore” the pandemic has produced a “mixed bag,” said research released Thursday by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research and Alexei Krindatch, national coordinator of ...