Orthodox Christian clergymen and church officials wearing face masks stand outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on the day that Greek Orthodox church authorities celebrate Good Friday ...

An Orthodox clergyman holds holy fire to transfer to predominantly Orthodox countries from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion ...

Leo XIV invited everyone present at the ecumenical gathering “to journey together on the spiritual journey leading to the ...

ISTANBUL (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV, speaking to Christian leaders in Turkey, said he hoped they could meet in Jerusalem in 2033 to ...

A beam of light enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as Christians crowd with candles around the Edicule, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus ...

JERUSALEM, April 18 (Reuters) - The Holy Fire ceremony symbolising Jesus' resurrection took place in a deserted Jerusalem on Saturday, without the joyful throng of Orthodox Christian pilgrims who ...

The Hotel Imperial, one of the contested properties. The Jerusalem District Court dismissed the Greek Patriarchate’s demand to overturn a ruling ordering the transfer of buildings it owns in the Old ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Orthodox Easter celebrations around the world looked starkly different than in years past, particularly in ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, last week lamented the deaths of 18 Palestinians in a missile strike on the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza ...

Israeli settlers walk past the Petra Hotel at the Jaffa gate area in Jerusalem's old city -- Greek Orthodox leaders denounced what the Church called the "illegal" takeover of the hotel by Israeli ...

The coronavirus did not stop the tradition of the Holy Fire on Saturday, the centuries-old ceremony held annually at the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem the day before Easter on the Eastern Orthodox ...

Pope Leo XIV called on Christians to unite during his visit to Turkey, marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of ...