Orthodox and Coptic Christians don’t believe Jesus was born on a different day; they just use a different calendar.

Abune Antonios, a confined Eritrean Orthodox Church patriarch and the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the Horn of Africa, died on February 9 at age 94. He had been in detention in the ...

The reason why millions of Christians across Eatern Europe and Arab world celebrate Christmas on January 7, and not the ...

His Holiness Abune Basilios, the 6th Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, gave a benediction in connection with Christmas.

NAIROBI, Kenya— Abune Antonios, a confined Eritrean Orthodox Church Patriarch and the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the Horn of Africa, died on Feb. 9 at the age of 94. He was still ...

A delegation from Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church attended the ordination ceremony of His Grace Abuna Basilios as the sixth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church on Sunday. The solemn ...

A former head of Eritrea's Orthodox Church, who had been under house arrest for 16 years, has died, church officials have told the BBC. Abune Antonio, who had long been a critic of the Eritrean ...

Eritrean Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity is seen in this undated photo. The 52-year-old bishop had spent Christmas 2022 in prison, but was released shortly after. (CNS photo/courtesy ...

Abune Antonios was put under house arrest in 2007 by the notoriously repressive government of the Horn of Africa nation in a case that drew criticism from rights groups, the European Parliament, ...

To the world, he was Nipsey Hussle, the rapper, activist and entrepreneur whose “Victory Lap” album earned a Grammy nomination. ‘But for the hundreds of people who gathered Sunday at the Medhani-Alem ...