The countdown toward Easter, the "Feast of Feasts," begins on February 23, 2026, with the dawn of Kathara Deftera (Clean ...

When YouTube provocateur Tyler Oliveira set his sights on Lakewood, New Jersey, local Jewish philanthropist Richard Roberts ...

The two women were helped by police after being forced to run from a mob in the city of Bnei Brak.

US Orthodox theologians call for aligning Easter with Catholics and Protestants to honor Nicaea and strengthen Christian ...

It's a 40-day period of fasting from meat, dairy and more beginning on Clean Monday.

Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holy day. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in ...

Every demographic has its own unique set of planning nuances. For Orthodox Jewish families this includes their strict observance of Jewish law such as observing the Sabbath and eating kosher food.

Before Pope Francis announced last year’s Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on Marriage and Family, and this year’s ordinary synod on the same topic, the Eastern Orthodox practice of oikonomia was little ...

There's nothing wrong with having a favorite place for fish during Lent. Some people become adventurous and want to try something new each week.

Vladimir Putin does not have, like China and Western countries, billions of dollars to build roads, bridges, power plants, mining mines in Africa and ensure his economic influence. Nor does he have ...

In an ongoing dialogue with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the successor of St. Andrew the Apostle and “first among equals” among the bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Pope ...

You won’t see any synagogues driving around Jackson, N.J. But they’re there — at least 15 of them, hidden inside unassuming houses on wooded lots, according to Tzvi Herman, an Orthodox resident of the ...