With backing from Latter-day Saint leaders and local donors, a once-crowded congregation opens a church built on interfaith ...

A Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip which was sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians was hit overnight by an Israeli air strike, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, and ...

A fast-growing Orthodox Jewish community near the Jersey Shore could soon get its first private religious high school. The Toms River zoning board is scheduled to hear an application Thursday to ...

A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest Saturday after Ukraine's top security agency said he was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a criminal offense.

An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation, exposing his genitalia to other flyers during a ...

A new website says it offers transparent news about the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community with an insiders' perspective. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; Keyboard shortcuts for audio player; ...

Now, after an elaborate ceremony in her village of about 800 people in southwestern Alaska, she is the first female Orthodox saint from North America, officially known as “St. Olga of Kwethluk ...

Commonly cited reasons for the crisis in Modern Orthodox shidduch dating include religious dropout rate and not wanting to use a shadchan (matchmaker).

The Russian Orthodox Church is an outspoken exception. Patriarch Kirill, who leads the church, has described the conflict as a “holy war” and said that any young man who died in action would ...

ORTHODOX leaders paid tribute this week to Pope Francis, who was widely perceived as a bridge-builder committed to repairing the longstanding division between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

Nishma pollster Mark Trencher said 678 respondents in this year’s poll identified as Haredi — Hasidic or Yeshivish Jews who belong to a sect or follow a particular rabbi. Modern Orthodox Jews ...