Asbarez

Artsakh Center Stage at International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington

The ANCA welcomed the powerful global spotlight on at this week's International Religious Freedom Summit - the world’s ...

Clifton Church Says Orthodox Jew Dancing With Devil Was Part Of Slavic Folk Tradition

A Ukrainian Orthodox church in North Jersey has issued an apology after footage of a recent religious pageant drew criticism over the portrayal of a character widely viewed as antisemitic.The ...
Hellenic News of America

Greek Orthodox Education Organizations Celebrate Vasilopita Online Amid Record Snowfall

The ritual of the Cutting of the Vasilopita (New Year’s Bread) fosters unity and strong community bonds. The event went on, ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

NJ church deletes video of pageant featuring antisemitic character but says critics took it ‘out of context’

The Anti-Defamation League said St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church had not responded to its outreach.
The New York Times

Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Stage ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against efforts to end an exemption from military service for Israel’s Haredi religious students. Israeli ultra-Orthodox ...
Southeast Missourian

Orthodox patriarch defends recognition of an independent Ukrainian church

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian ...