Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th.But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th.For ...

Vladimir Putin insisted, at least publicly, that he didn’t want a cult of his personality. Not anymore. During the last three ...

Since the start of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian leader has turned to religion and ...

Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russia, follow the ancient Julien calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar used by Catholic and Protestant churches around t ...

The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service. By the ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and women have been largely exempt from army service since the establishment of Israel in 1948, while secular and traditional Jewish men and women must serve for a ...

The short document "The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles" was published by Latter-day Saint apostles 25 years ago. It is a spiritual and theological treatise of The Church of Jesus Christ ...

Public support for doing away with sweeping army exemptions for military-age ultra-Orthodox men has risen sharply over the past year, according to a survey published Tuesday by the Israel ...

It was told that during the pandemic, the orthodox priest of 18 years had not fulfilled his duties after he refused to conduct services for feasts on days other than Sundays when Covid lockdown ...

Agus, who died this month in Manhattan at 75, was an early advocate of Orthodox feminism, a prominent advocate for Soviet Jewry and a founding member of Minyan M’at, an egalitarian service that ...