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Converts are finding Eastern Orthodoxy online. The church wants to help them commune face-to-face
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Often when a potential convert walks through the doors of his church, one of the first things the Very Rev.…
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Pope Leo XIV opens first foreign trip with visit to Turkey
[ad_1] ANKARA — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important…
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Bulgarians bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte
[ad_1] SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader…
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Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration project
[ad_1] EKLUTNA, Alaska — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious…
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Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Ukraine’s key port city of Odesa.
[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS — In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a U.N. Security…
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Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by dispute
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — Willow branches in hand, Ukrainians marked Palm Sunday in the country’s most revered Orthodox site that has been at the…
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Tensions on the rise at revered Kyiv monastery complex
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — The courtyards of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have been busy with more than just the usual worshippers, going to and from…
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Some Ukrainians move Christmas to detach again from Russia
[ad_1] BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all…
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Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine’s historic Orthodox church, the nation’s security agency posted photos of evidence…