It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter ... who then carry them around the church while following an icon of ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Angel Perdomo's bid to begin the season in Atlanta’s bullpen ended Monday night, when the Braves traded him to the Angels in exchange for cash or a player to be named. Perdomo’s ...

At the toughest, most turbulent time of his life, the Post-Impressionist painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. A new exhibition explores this close ...

In Israel, everyone must serve at least two years in the IDF once they turn 18. For decades, ultra-Orthodox men like Mendel could avoid being drafted — as long as they continued their studies of ...

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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews were once exempt from military service — but now they are being drafted. One of those new draftees, Yechiel Wais, was excited, hoping the military would help him ...

KEARNEY, Neb. (KOLN) - On the walls of St. George Orthodox Church are hand-painted icons of saints. “People know when they come in to change their mindset,” said John Wolf, St. George parishioner.

NFL icons Chad Johnson and Shannon Sharpe share their unfiltered thoughts on Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese's impact on women's basketball. Johnson talked about the sense of jealousy that seems to ...