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

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest ...

But Pope Leo must walk a fine line: if he is too critical of Moscow, he risks alienating the Russian Orthodox faithful and ...

“The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has so many beautiful rituals ... Bililigne said. The incense from the censer, he said, represents the Virgin Mary, and the coal that burns it, the divinity ...

“The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has so many beautiful rituals and services ... they believe Jesus was wrapped in at birth and crucifixion, Bililigne said. The incense from the censer, he said, ...

That share was lower than the 83% of U.S. Christians who believe in life after death, as well as the 58% of Israeli Jews who ...

A kesis or priest, waves a censer burning incense as he walks through rows of congregants at Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Churc Supreme Court blocks Trump from deporting alleged gang ...

“The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has so many beautiful rituals ... Bililigne said. The incense from the censer, he said, represents the Virgin Mary, and the coal that burns it, the divinity ...

Congregants prostrate themselves in reverence to God and bow when a priest walks among them swinging a censer burning incense.