St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Olyphant celebrated Forgiveness Sunday on March 2, the last Sunday before Lent.

Orthodox Easter differs from Western Easter is several ways. Here, experts break down what Orthodox Easter is, when it takes place this year, and how parents can involve their kids in celebrating the ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading Catholic nun in Africa has made the case for economic justice, urging the Catholic Church in Africa to use the Lenten period to “engage in economic ...

Rather, there are different ways of understanding the faith, different emphases and different visions of what the project of the church might be. Members often divide leaders into categories such ...

The early Church sought to evangelize in the major cultural centers of the first centuries A.D. These centers were Rome, Antioch (Syria), and Alexandria (Egypt). All the rites in use today evolved ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... For the Jewish people of those times and orthodox Jews to this day, all human life has as its author the one God whose creative ...

Drs Producoes / Getty Images Use and occupancy (U&O) is a short-term real estate agreement that allows a home buyer to use or occupy a property before a transfer of ownership is complete or lets a ...

In the Latin Church, believers determine how they will observe Lent (fasting is prescribed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). In contrast, the dietary observances of Orthodox Great Lent ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday being celebrated as public holidays. The ...

Apr 03, 1327 Marsilius of Padua and John of Jandun ...