LOS ANGELES — Often when a potential convert walks through the doors of his church, one of the first things the Very Rev. Andreas Blom encourages them to…
Read more Converts are finding Eastern Orthodoxy online. The church wants to help them commune face-to-faceANKARA — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary and bring a…
Read more Pope Leo XIV opens first foreign trip with visit to TurkeySOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died…
Read more Bulgarians bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch NeophyteEKLUTNA, Alaska — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars,…
Read more Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration projectUNITED NATIONS — In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to disuss…
Read more Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Ukraine’s key port city of Odesa.KYIV, Ukraine — Willow branches in hand, Ukrainians marked Palm Sunday in the country’s most revered Orthodox site that has been at the heart of a religious dispute…
Read more Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by disputeKYIV, Ukraine — The courtyards of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have been busy with more than just the usual worshippers, going to and from its churches in the sprawling…
Read more Tensions on the rise at revered Kyiv monastery complexBOBRYTSIA, Ukraine — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them. Some Orthodox Ukrainians…
Read more Some Ukrainians move Christmas to detach again from RussiaKYIV, Ukraine — After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine’s historic Orthodox church, the nation’s security agency posted photos of evidence it recovered — including rubles,…
Read more Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach
