Catholic bishops in Ethiopia expressed deep sorrow and solidarity after the collapse of wooden scaffolding in an Ethiopian Orthodox church in the north of the country that left at least 36 people dead ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States, where he was scheduled to meet Monday afternoon ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Archbishop Damianos of St. Catherine’s Monastery announced his intention to step down on Thursday (Sept. 4), the latest development in a saga surrounding the ancient Orthodox ...

An Orthodox Jewish family’s federal discrimination lawsuit against their Boca Raton homeowner association suffered a setback recently but the family says it’s determined to continue its fight.

Addis Abeba — The Tigray Interim Administration has strongly opposed a decision by the Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) to establish a new self-governing diocese for six ...

An open letter signed by over 180 mainstream American Orthodox Rabbis has been published by the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), which represents over 2000 Orthodox American Rabbis. The letter is in ...

“Hamas’s sins and crimes do not relieve the government of Israel of its obligations to make whatever efforts are necessary to prevent mass starvation,” the rabbis write. Dozens of Orthodox rabbis have ...

Toms River’s fast-growing Orthodox Jewish community will soon have its first private religious high school. The Ocean County township’s Board of Adjustment voted unanimously Thursday to approve plans ...

TOMS RIVER -- The township's first Orthodox Jewish high school -- which will serve boys, ages 14 to 17 -- was approved unanimously Aug. 14, 2025, by the Board of Adjustment. "It is a need in the area, ...

Clergy inside St. Peter and St. Paul Russian Orthodox Church. Left to right: Archbishop John Garklavs (Chicago), an unknown man, and Fr. Hillary Madison, August 1968. Used with the permission of St.

Yeshivat Chovevei Torah — an all-male Orthodox Jewish rabbinical school in Riverdale, New York — has ordained its first out gay rabbi, Tadhg Cleary. “We want to be giving semicha to him for the ...