The two women were helped by police after being forced to run from a mob in the city of Bnei Brak.

Unlike Western Europe, the Orthodox world had no single pope to overthrow and no centralized authority that could be toppled to remake the entire church. While Protestants attacked Catholic traditions ...

Over time, these pancakes became the festival’s signature food. Known as a blini, or dense and yeasty buckwheat pancake, ...

Before Pope Francis announced last year’s Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on Marriage and Family, and this year’s ordinary synod on the same topic, the Eastern Orthodox practice of oikonomia was little ...

February 23rd marks Clean Monday, a time-honored Orthodox ritual that turns cleaning and organizing into spiritual renewal ...

Catholicos of the East criticizes liquor policies, urging collaborative efforts to reduce alcohol outlets and promote substance abuse prevention.

Every demographic has its own unique set of planning nuances. For Orthodox Jewish families this includes their strict observance of Jewish law such as observing the Sabbath and eating kosher food.

You won’t see any synagogues driving around Jackson, N.J. But they’re there — at least 15 of them, hidden inside unassuming houses on wooded lots, according to Tzvi Herman, an Orthodox resident of the ...

A Jackson resident is suing to stop a private Orthodox Jewish boys’ school from being built in the Ocean County township, arguing officials rushed to approve the project without addressing ...