The book, releasing April 7, uses the Japanese art of Kintsugi — repairing broken pottery with gold — as a metaphor for a ...

Christians are in the season of Lent. Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting is a part of both faiths' observances. Other religions include periods of fasting as well. What accounts for fasting ...

As we are now about mid-way through the holy month of Ramadan - and the Christian season of Lent - it is a good time to reflect on the value and importance of annual fasting. Since Ramadan and Lent ...

Why does the date for Easter change yearly? It's tied to the first day of spring. What to know about holidays: How the church, full moon set the calendar ...

Prince Vladimir’s adoption of the Orthodox Christian religion strategically aligned the Slavic world and the Kievan Rus with ...

US Orthodox leaders call for alignment of Easter with Catholics and Protestants to honor Nicaea and strengthen Christian unity worldwide.

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Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holy day. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in ...

The Rev. Kathryn Adams of Canfield, right, poses with her daughter, Sarah Emerick-Craig, outside Christ the Savior Holy Spirit Orthodox Church in Norwood, where Sarah attends. After serving as an ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 do is give up the thing that brought them ...