Fr. Damick says he doesn’t know if or how the ceremony departed from the text of the Orthodox marriage service, but the photos of the ritual don’t really look like an Orthodox marriage.

Because Orthodox women aren’t supposed to be in sexual situations until marriage, they often aren’t taught about sex, consent or healthy relationships in school and are told to hold their ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in America have high fertility but very low rates of teen fertility and marriage, and fairly egalitarian marriage ages. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish fertility is high but not necessarily ...

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Orthodox converts say it’s not unusual to ... the absolute worst shidduch [matchmaking] recommendations for potential marriage partners, if they receive them at all,” wrote Bethany Mandel ...

Palermo was raised Catholic but is no longer practicing; Hayempour is a practicing Orthodox Jew. Speaking to TODAY.com, Palermo explains she heard about the show from her sister, who sent her the ...

In 1983, the rabbi saw opportunity to leverage the Orthodox community’s marriage norms to limit, even perhaps eradicate, Tay-Sachs in that relatively insular world. The gene for Tay-Sachs ...

TASS/. Russian Orthodox Church supports the proposal to cement the concept of marriage as a union between a man and a woman in the Russian Constitution, says Church spokesman Vladimir Legoida.

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