Though most but not all Orthodox authorities who have considered the issue say the hallmarks of transgender identity – cross-dressing, hormonal treatment, sex reassignment surgery – are ...

The enthronement ceremony will take place on March 29 at the Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana, gathering representatives from 13 ...

Orthodox Christians entered the period of Great Lent, a time of preparation for the feast of Easter, which, according to the ...

The victorious participant receives the cross, and others who dove with him ... as Three Kings Day in Western Christianity. However, Orthodox Christian churches may celebrate on different dates ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990.

Frederica Mathewes-Green, whose husband is archpriest of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Linthicum, Md., provides a tour of and primer on the Orthodox Church in her new book, Welcome to the Orthodox ...

In Eastern Orthodox churches, Lent begins on the Monday seven weeks before Easter and Ash Wednesday is not observed. Today, Christians use the holiday both to repent and reflect. The ash cross ...

He studied in the United States at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. In 1994 he returned to Albania and became a priest and lectured at the church’s Theology University.