Local residents evacuate the area with their animals as a wildfire rages in Thrakomakedones, Greece, Aug. 7. A Greek archbishop said the country must be more sensitive and careful when it comes to ...

The decision comes in the wake of a much-publicized revolt by his monastery’s monks over his handling of the situation.

Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, has officially resigned from his position, concluding a 52-year tenure at the head of the ...

Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos was elected new abbot of the Greek Orthodox St Catherine's Monastery on Mt Sinai ...

St. Catherine's, the Christian world's oldest continuing monastery, drew international attention earlier this year because of concern that the Egyptian government might take over its sacred property.

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni will travel to Australia in October to attend the one-year anniversary of the Archdiocese ...

(RNS) — In September Patriarch Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, will travel from Istanbul to the United States to collect his Templeton Prize. In his 34 years on the throne ...

The archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America last night spoke to a filled Goddard Chapel about the universality of messages found in the Book of Psalms. The presentation by Archbishop ...

Archbishop Georgios on Monday appealed to the Sinai Brotherhood in Egypt to cooperate with the Sinai Archbishop Damianos to allow the continued operation of the Greek Orthodox monastery of St ...

Archbishop Anastasios, the head of the Albanian Orthodox Church for three decades, has died aged 95 in an Athens hospital after being airlifted to the Greek capital following a virus infection.

The head of the Albanian Orthodox Church, who was airlifted to Athens due to complications from a virus earlier this month, has died aged 95, the hospital said Saturday. Archbishop Anastasios, 95, is ...