(AP) — Orthodox Christians packed churches Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by conflict. Traditions vary, but typically the main worship service for ...

The idea of the “sex strike” originates from Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, the Greek comedy where the women of Athens refrained from sleeping with their husbands in order to pressure them to end the ...

(RNS) — The Greek Orthodox Church opposition to legalizing marriage for anyone but traditional heterosexual couples is testing the church's influence over Greek life. ISTANBUL (RNS) — At the World ...

(Kyiv, October 30, 2024) – Ukraine’s new law banning religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church is overly broad and could have far-reaching consequences for Ukrainians’ right to ...

MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday condemned a move by Ukraine to ban a Moscow-linked branch of the Orthodox Church, describing it as an attack on Christianity and a blow to freedom of ...

The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president — approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 — to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its ...

A torch from Cleveland blazed at the national convention of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America in Manhattan last week. The rabbis there encouraged the flame with the breath of their ...

The rumors of reunion in the ecclesiastical air—Pope John’s forthcoming Ecumenical Council, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent jaunt to the Middle East and to the Vatican—seem to have twanged ...

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Religion has become a powerful tool for Russia in its war against Ukraine, with the Orthodox Church playing a prominent role in shaping Moscow’s narrative. According to Viktor Yelensky, Ukraine’s ...

The question of whether science and religion are at odds or generally compatible has long been a topic of interest to philosophers, theologians and scientists, among others. In the Religious Landscape ...