Poland's Orthodox Christian community is preparing to celebrate Christmas on Tuesday, following the Julian calendar.

(RNS) — In January, at an ecumenical prayer service in Warsaw for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a recently ordained Lutheran priest, the Rev. Wiktoria Matloch, was asked to leave the event ...

The Polish Orthodox church, like Ukraine’s, had been subordinate to Moscow while Poland was part of the Russian empire. Eastern Poland included many Orthodox Ukrainian believers, and the patriarch of ...

“In the whole history of the Orthodox Church in America, this has never been seen,” a priest said about the surge of young men drawn to the demanding practice of Christianity. “The Orthodox Church is ...

WARSAW, August 16 (Itar-Tass) — At a meeting with visiting Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski emphasized a big role the Churches could play in ...

FILE - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, center, delivers the Christmas service in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. While much of the world has Christmas in ...

TASS-FACTBOX.On the night of December 24-25, Catholics and Protestants, as well as a number of Orthodox believers, celebrate the Nativity of Christ - one of the most important Christian holidays, ...