The long, untrimmed beards worn by Orthodox Christian priests and monks are far more than a style choice—they embody deep ...

US President Donald Trump claimed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on major ...

The Life of Saint Sava is the fundamental hagiographic narrative about the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the spiritual founder of Serbian statehood.

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (the Monastery of the Caves) was damaged during a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on ...

High in the Hayward Hills, Ukraina marks the farm and grave of Ukrainian dissident priest Agapius Honcharenko, who fled Russian authorities and settled here with his wife, Albina.

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

January 17 is the Feast Day for Agios Antonios O Megas (Saint Anthony the Great), the revered Father of Monks, celebrated by ...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says Putin agreed to ‘one-week ceasefire over Kyiv’ amid brutal cold - Trump says he 'personally' asked Putin to stop firing on Kyiv which has grappled with power shor ...

Dressed in white headscarves and bearing crosses, the sisters of St Elisabeth Convent were a picture of innocence as they ...

One should pray to St. Seraphim of Sarov with sincere faith and humility in one's heart, realizing his spiritual power and intercession before God. During prayer, it is important to tune in to inner ...