According to the 2023 census, Orthodox believers in Albania make up about 7% of the 2.4 million population, although the ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill ... generally celebrate Christmas on 7 January, while most Western countries observe it on 25 December.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Archbishop Anastasios Yanoulatos, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, leads the Easter ...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its ...

Half the population of the tiny Western Balkan country identifies as Muslim, with Orthodox and Catholic Christians making up much of the remainder. The Albanian Orthodox Church will elect ...

According to the 2023 census, Orthodox believers in Albania make up about 7% of the 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher. The tiny Western Balkan country is ...

Does the Russian Orthodox Church believe that Russia ... as an appeal to Russian nationalism and a denunciation of modern Western values, further cementing Kirill's alignment with Putin's agenda ...