There is an ancient debate in the Talmudic tradition concerning the question as to the essence of Judaism and religion – faith or good deeds. Rashi (the great commentator of the 11th century) cites a ...

MOSCOW — As Vladimir Putin prepared to return to the Kremlin for a third term of office in 2012, Patriarch Kirill, the powerful head of the Russian Orthodox Church, described the ex-KGB officer’s rule ...

One day in the fall of 2010, Father Anthony Messeh, then a priest at the St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Fairfax, Virginia, sat down with a list of names. There were 30 individuals—all American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew speaks during his meeting with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in Athens, ...

This interview was conducted between two friends—one formerly a Southern Baptist, the other—the interviewer—currently a member of that denomination. Brian Davidson and Vincent Gabriel both studied at ...

Experts discuss the significance of the orthodox faith for Ukraine’s identity and nation-building project. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine was granted independence in 2019, marking an historic split ...

Essentially the Orthodox Church shares much with the other Christian Churches in the belief that God revealed himself in Jesus Christ, and a belief in the incarnation of Christ, his crucifixion and ...

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