The persecution of Christians in Syria, such as the suicide bombing that killed 25 at a Damascus Orthodox church in June, is ...

In preparation for the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the Patroness of Haiti, St. Jerome Church in East Flatbush hosted ...

Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary grew up particularly in the post-Tridentine era, promoted especially by St. John ...

The ceiling of the shrine shows St. Laszlo and Our Lady, one of the Marian markers with a view of pilgrims, and the shrine ...

My pilgrimage to the Orthodox theocracy of Mount Athos (the Holy Mountain) began with a deep yearning for the unknown. It was a place I had never set foot on but had always longed to experience in my ...

The Orthodox Christian tradition is strong in the tiny village of Kwethluk, Alaska. It recently welcomed clergy and pilgrims from around the world to canonize a local midwife and healer as a saint.

St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...