The Georgian Orthodox Church, one of the most respected institutions in Georgia, is officially remaining above the political fray following the country’s disputed parliamentary election. But the ...

What Lela Kurtanidze remembers most vividly about the lake was the moonlight. Watching it shimmer on the water "was a beautiful sight," she said, recalling the time in 2011 she spent on the shores of ...

At first glance, the republic of Georgia has been a success story in the fight against the novel coronavirus: the outbreak in the small Caucasus nation has remained limited, with just 370 official ...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Pope Francis is celebrating Mass for Georgia’s tiny Catholic community and is pressing his mission to improve ties with the Georgian Orthodox Church. Francis received an ...

Georgia is one of the oldest Christian countries in the world, and one where religion often mixes with politics. It is no surprise, then, that religion is being invoked on both sides in the fight over ...

TBILISI, Georgia – Pope Francis’ efforts to improve relations with the Georgian Orthodox Church suffered a setback Saturday after the patriarchate decided at the last minute not to send an official ...

TBILISI, Georgia -- Pope Francis' efforts to improve relations with the Georgian Orthodox Church suffered a setback Saturday after the patriarchate decided at the last minute not to send an official ...

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. By Ben Hubbard and Motoko Rich Stephen Hubbard was a ...

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday. Some Eastern Orthodox churches, including Russian traditions, follow the ...

Stephen Hubbard was a wanderer. But when he moved to Ukraine, the war brought arrest, torture and imprisonment. He turns 73 this week. By Kim Barker and Nataliya Vasilyeva The village parishioners’ ...