The church divided into Orthodox and Catholic in 1054 over the primacy and infallibility of the pope and other issues. What is known as the East-West schism in Christianity remains.

Bishop Jonah, 49, born James Paffhausen in Chicago, Ill., will also be the first convert to become the OCA’s metropolitan, having converted from the Episcopal Church to Orthodox Christianity 30 ...

Home in Chicago for the first time since his election to head the Orthodox Church in America, Metropolitan Archbishop Jonah reminded the faithful at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral on Sunday that A… ...

In the second of our two-part series on religious conversion, R & E talks to Lauren Winner. The child of a mixed marriage, she was raised as a non-observant Jew, became an Orthodox Jew, and then ...

Members of the relatively small Orthodox Church in America, frustrated with its scandal-tainted leadership, voted for change last month by promoting the youngest and newest bishop in its ranks. Bishop ...

We haven’t adapted to what goes on in popular culture." Orthodox Christians number about 1.2 million in the United States, but the church includes 250 million believers worldwide.

Open conversion to Christianity still not possible in Egypt Rome, Italy, Apr 19, 2006 / 22:00 pm ...

Last week, the radio personality many Christians know as “The Bible Answer Man” announced his conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy. From CT’s report: Last Sunday, 67-year-old Hank Hanegraaff and ...

Coercion and humbleness 66% of Russian Orthodox Christians were baptized in childhood by decision of their parents, reports VTsIOM. Evgeny was no exception.

Thousands of Orthodox Christian believers marched and chanted through the streets of Moscow, Kyiv, and other cities, marking the 1,030th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity in the region.