This weekend, more than 10,000 adults (+45% compared to 2024 ... which often leads to religious disaffiliation. The choice of baptism is often the culmination of a deep, sometimes winding ...

The score matched the 6-2 penalty deficit for Ottawa. On an Easter Sunday Baptism By Fire, there were plenty of lessons to go around. To start with the obvious, the young Senators who dream of a ...

For Catholics and Orthodox Christians ... The catechumenate refers to the training undertaken by adults wishing to receive baptism. In the early centuries of Christianity, faith teaching ...

Victoria Everett, center, member of the Jesus Christ True Church walks towards Apostle Leon Everett, left, and Minister Allen Mushgrove during baptism ... Sunday were adults who were baptized ...

This weekend, Christians of all denominations are celebrating Easter. Orthodox Christians in Germany are grateful for that, and long for more. Millions of Orthodox Christians currently live in ...

This year, Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter on the same date, a rare occurrence that allows travelers in Orthodox-dominated countries like Greece, Russia, Bulgaria ...

April 20 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill ...

This year, Orthodox Easter will be observed on the same day as the Western one: Sunday, 20 April. The shared date is relatively rare as the churches use different calendars. Orthodox Easter is ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

I took my first adults-only cruise in August 2023 with the luxury cruise line Virgin Voyages. The ship was full of surprises, including a tattoo parlor and a playground for grown-ups. The biggest ...

This year’s annual Holy Fire ceremony, which precedes Orthodox Easter, took place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 19. The ceremony began at 10:15 a.m. Jerusalem time, which ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025 as they also hope to one day see greater unity among all ...