But for almost half of US Orthodox Christians, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses, and receiving communion from a shared spoon and chalice, liturgical services ...

The lakeside Blessing of the Waters ceremony, in which ice crosses are dropped into the water, is an annual event for St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church.

After the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, Ciccone said, some Catholic churches began showing a resurrected Christ on the cross. "Certainly in our present era, people don't want to deal with ...

Nearly 400 Orthodox Christian theologians from 44 countries convened in the largest international conference of its kind in Greece on Thursday (Jan. 12) to discuss “Nicaea-sized” questions ...