(JTA) — If all goes well for Jacob Steinmetz, he could run into a kosher food problem in the near future. Steinmetz, a 17-year-old pitcher from suburban New York with a blazing fastball, made history ...

ISTANBUL – Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians, says a meeting with Pope Francis in Jerusalem this month will help move the two churches closer to ending their nearly ...

Metropolitan Stephanos of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church tells ERR in an interview that he has made two proposals to the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church (EKÕK) — widely seen as the main ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist whose insurgent run for mayor has rattled Jewish voters wary of his support for an Israel boycott, is making a late push to win over Haredi voters. Mamdani’s ...

Through the creative vehicle of a fictional parish, Frederica Mathewes-Greene opens a door into Eastern Christianity. Who are the Orthodox? It’s a question increasingly on Western minds as Eastern ...

The Greek Orthodox faith is at once similar and dissimilar to me. It’s similar in its teaching of basic Christian values but dissimilar in its origins and ancient historical perspective. After months ...

The unexpected election of moderate Bishop Irinej Gavrilovic of Nis as the new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church does not mean the influence of more radical priests, like Metropolitan ...