The Christian Century

Eastern Orthodox Church ordains Zimbabwean woman as its first deaconess

On May 2, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking the culmination of years ...
National Catholic Register

Eastern Orthodox Breach: Russian Orthodox Church Splits From Constantinople

“The Russian Orthodox Church doesn’t recognize those decisions and won’t fulfill them,” Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev said in Belarus after a meeting of the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Chicago Tribune

‘This made my life complete.’ Hundreds greet Orthodox Christian patriarch at South Bend church, part of the spiritual leader’s historic visit to the US

After kissing the hand of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, 84-year-old Andrew Manos said, “This made my life complete now.” Bartholomew — the spiritual leader of some 300 million Eastern Orthodox ...
Wicked Local

Eastern Orthodox Christians observe Easter on May 5. Why so much later this year?

For many Christians, Easter was celebrated this year on March 31. But for Eastern Orthodox Christians, the celebration of Jesus Christ's Resurrection occurs more than a month later, on May 5. Most ...
The New York Times

In Turkey, Pope Seeks to Soothe an Ancient Christian Divide

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of ...