On January 1 the Greek Orthodox church commemorates Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. Saint Basil ...

St. Basil's Day falls on the Yuletide period, when there are no strict lenten restrictions. However, the absence of fasting ...

On January 1, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks St. Basil’s Day, also known as Vasilitsa or Survaki, one of the most widely observed calendar and name-day holidays in the country.

What follows is edited from Thyateira Midlands Ecclesiastical Seminary's Christmas Message, together with that from ...

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It professes faith in the God who redeemed us through Jesus Christ.” Central to the Nicene Creed is the doctrine of incarnation: God becoming human. The Gospel of John marvelously captures God’s ...

Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and ...

The Orthodox Church has never categorically rejected pre-Christian thought. On the contrary, it subjected it to discernment, ...

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who famously won Olympic gold at the 1984 Winter Games and achieved multiple World, ...

There is one agent of unity in our Catholic faith that the secular culture lacks: the bishop of Rome, says NCR columnist ...