While most tourists stick to the Nile valley, Stanley Stewart heads west into a land of oases, temples, monks and miracles ...

Rev. Fr. John Damian ADIZIE PGB.The LORD God is our Shep­herd. He is a Compassionate God. In the gospel of John chapter ten, our LORD Je­sus Christ presents Himself as our Good Shepherd: “I am the ...

At the edge of the Polish border, the 12th-century Kalozha Belarusian Orthodox Church in Grodno overlooks the calm waters of the Neman River. This is where Father ... recite the prayer for the ...

Every year, the majority of Christians around the world, Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant, participate in what is arguably one of the most counter-cultural traditions — the season of Lent. This ...

St. Joseph, you embody all the virtues I hope to attain through God’s grace. I rely on your intercession and your guidance as ...

As a young dad of three children under the age of 5, I find myself thinking about Joseph a lot. There is chaos. There are ...

For Father Gérasime, abbot of the Orthodox ... our weaknesses and allows us to understand their origin.” The monk recalls the words of the Russian Saint Seraphim of Sarov: “Prayer, fasting ...

Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...

In 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece and came to the US to start Saint Anthony Orthodox Monastery in the Arizona desert.

Celebrating Easter together might seem like a simple expression of union, but it can also breathe new life into efforts ...

Russian Catholics in Rome for the Jubilee have made a walking pilgrimage to Gemelli Hospital to pray for Pope Francis.

Catching the look of joy on their faces, especially my father-in-law's face, amplified my excitement. At our gender reveal, we told everyone we were having a boy, and his middle name would be ...