The main traditions of the holiday. On January 7, the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ according to the Julian calendar is celebrated by believers of the Orthodox rite in a number of churches, ...

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.

It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and ...

Gould has been a pillar of the community in Ely, Cardiff, for two decades as it has faced down numerous tragedies and ...

Cyril and Methodius were the Greek linguists whose translation of Christian texts into the Slavic language inspired Fr. John Veniaminov, later St. Innocent of Alaska, to establish Alaska’s first ...

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

See pictures and our review of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral (Cathedrale Orthodoxe Russe St. Nicolas) in Nice.

On June 24 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of Agios Ioannis the Baptist and Forerunner.