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Greek Reporter2d
The Church that Unites and Divides Orthodox and Catholics
Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...
Seattle church honors a saint – and gets some privacy – with new stained-glass window
St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...
Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this ...
The Tablet2d
Orthodox churches remember friendship of Pope Francis
Orthodox leaders offered their condolences following the death of Pope Francis, remembering his sustained commitment to ...
National Catholic Register8d
This Year’s Shared Easter Provides ‘Joy’ to Catholic-Orthodox Blended Families
Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...
NBC Washington6d
Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept ...