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The Church assisted in opening a new worship space for St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Utah in an act of ...
Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians.
Akhiok’s Orthodox priest is looking for volunteers to help out with some long-overdue maintenance to the exterior of the ...
"St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska," as she is officially known, was canonized June 19 as the first female ...
St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America.
About 72% of Russians are Orthodox, 7% are Muslim, 5% are atheist, and 13% do not have a religious affiliation. About 3% of ...
The Orthodox Christian tradition is strong in the tiny village of Kwethluk, Alaska. It recently welcomed clergy and pilgrims from around the world to canonize a local midwife and healer as a saint.
The Israel-Iran war, Supreme Court decisions and the pope's message to priests were among OSV News coverage this week.
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St. Olga, a Yup'ik woman who died in 1979 at age 63, was a midwife, a mother of 13 and the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, honored as a spiritual mother by the title of “matushka.” ...
A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges.
A prominent liberal priest faces expulsion from the Russian Orthodox Church for refusing to read out a prayer asking God to guide Russia to victory over Ukraine.