Evan Morgan Greek community member Bill Malandris said the blessing of the waters and the throwing of the cross marked the epiphany, or baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. “The ceremony is ...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived on Santorini on Friday morning as earthquakes continued to affect the popular tourist island, for another day. Accompanied by Civil Protection Minister ...

Several Greek Americans are in close orbit to Donald Trump set to be sworn in as the 47th president of the US during a ceremony that will take place inside the Capitol building ... This celebration ...

Theophany commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan ... Panagiotis Boznos of St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church led a blessing ceremony for the Fox River Saturday morning on the pedestrian ...

“It’s the baptism of our Lord on Jan 6. We bless the waters, homes and people in the homes,” the Rev. Thomas Constantine of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Castle, Pa., sai ...

St. Paul in Col. 2:11-12 actually compares baptism to circumcision - an important religious ceremony for infant boys. (Jewish circumcision is anatomically inappropriate for girls.) St. Irenaeus in ...

CAPE TOWN - Search operations are ongoing for a man who was swept out to sea during a baptism ceremony at Beacon Bay in East London. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says church ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Baptism was instituted ... all sin. Q. 669. What is the ceremony of churching? A. The ceremony of churching is a particular blessing which a mother receives at the Altar, as soon as she is ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was greeted with applause by the many believers and citizens attending the funeral ceremony of Archbishop Anastasios Yanullatos. But some other citizens ...