the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass in English and Italian Leo celebrated his first Mass as pope in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9.

Hidden deep within the forest, this abandoned Eastern Orthodox Ukrainian church stands as a quiet testament to faith and history. Surrounded by nature’s embrace, its once vibrant icons and intricate ...

Kottayam: The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has opened help desks to assist those seeking safe places to stay in the wake of the tense situation prevailing in border states. The desks were ...

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew speaks during his meeting with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in Athens, on Thursday May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 34,534 ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians has said ... to the impending robotocracy — our Church proclaims that ‘there is nothing more sacred than ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear ...

Going ahead with this trip would mean Leo would swiftly get to see Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church -- a meeting that would symbolize a renewed commitment ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

The Church split in 1054 A.D. in the great schism, with what became the Eastern Orthodox Church taking issue with the bishop of Rome being considered to have “primacy” and authority over other ...