The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

Emma Stuart from Manorcunningham spent her Easter in Athens. In a special feature, she tells us how Holy Week brought ...

Clergy and faithful representing several Christian communities as well as Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches gathered May 7 in ...

Sunny Camden Town succumbs to the tide of darkness as an unholy host of extreme metal’s biggest and best descend for a superb ...

Among the many milestones of his papacy, one stands out - his meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. On February 12, 2016, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill met in ...

In their Easter message the church leaders acknowledged the “present darkness that engulfs our region”, referring ... to Christians in Gaza who have been sheltering in St Porphyrios Orthodox Church ...

In a profound message delivered during the Easter Vigil at the Vatican, Pope Francis emphasized the enduring light of Christ amidst the world's darkness. As the paschal candle illuminated the dimly ...

Putin Attends Orthodox Easter Service After Declaring ... Holding a lit thin red candle and donning a dark suit, white shirt and a red tie as in years past, the Russian leader crossed himself ...

The flame is passed from one candle to the next, the light overcoming the darkness in the rotunda. The flame is later transferred to Orthodox communities in other countries on special flights.

A horse wearing sunglasses gallops through the parted Red Sea. A bearded man in a kippah feasts on fruit in front of a partially submerged whale. Biblical Egyptian troops trot through the surf ...