More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

While many are packing away Christmas decorations and saying goodbye to holiday treats, a small Egyptian community in Fort ...

No one has heard from her since she left her family’s home on the outskirts of Cairo, headed to a meeting at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church. The pope does not have a “Bring Back Julia ...

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

(JTA) — An Orthodox rabbi, Steve Greenberg, officiated at a same-sex wedding. Greenberg, who is openly gay, married Yoni Bock and Ron Kaplan at the 6th & I Synagogue in Washington last week ...

Bais Yaakov is affiliated with the all-girls’ Bais Faiga School, an Orthodox Jewish school in neighboring Lakewood, the Asbury Park Press reported. Officials at the private school could not be ...

Two Greek Orthodox Christians in Wadi al-Nasara (Valley of the Christians) were murdered in their home during a reported "burglary." Samaan Satme and Helena Khashouf from the village al-Jamasliyye in ...

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef caused a wave of outrage after saying Saturday night that even ultra-Orthodox men who are not studying in yeshiva should not be drafted into the Israel D ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is an outspoken exception. Patriarch Kirill, who leads the church, has described the conflict as a “holy war” and said that any young man who died in action would ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian church in Egypt. While most Copts live there, the church has about a million members outside the country. Copts believe that their faith dates back ...

The BBC was given video footage believed to have been taken in January at an Orthodox Jewish wedding in London A senior rabbi in London's strictly Orthodox Jewish community has condemned those ...

(JTA) — As a teen, Nadiv Schorer felt a deep sense of grief when attending his older siblings’ weddings. After he realized he was attracted to men, he thought there was no way for him to build ...