At the Republic National Convention in the US, an uneven, awkward embrace of religious pluralism

United States RNS Connecticut businesswoman and former US Senate candidate Leora Levy’s prayer before this year’s Republican National Convention was filled with distinctive Jewish references. After thanking God on Monday night for former President Donald Trump, Levy, who is on the national leadership of the Republican Jewish Coalition, prayed for Corey Comperatore, who was killed […]
Orthodox Church: US symposium on women deacons proposes a way forward

MEAGAN SALIASHVILI, of Religion News Service, reports on how a consortium of Orthodox Christian scholars, clergy and lay supporters meeting this week outside Boston proposed guidelines for the church to revive the ancient practice of allowing women to be deacons…
Greek Church protests US baptism for celebrity same-sex parents

Athens, GreeceAP Greece’s Orthodox Church says it will send a letter of protest to the archbishop who heads the church in the United States after he baptised the children of celebrity fashion designer Peter Dundas and his partner, Evangelo Bousis. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the 9th July ceremony near Athens while in Greece […]
US President Joe Biden honours Greek Orthodox priest, Catholic nun with Medal of Freedom

Washington DC, US RNS Rev Alexander Karloutsos has met with presidents since the Carter administration, speaking to the nation’s chief executives on, especially, the cause of religious freedom. But the Greek Orthodox priest’s latest trip to the White House was to hear President Joe Biden speak about him as one of 17 recipients of the […]
New York church destroyed during 9/11 attacks consecrated as national shrine

United States RNS St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine was consecrated Monday in New York City. The original church, founded in 1916 on nearby Cedar Street in lower Manhattan, was destroyed in the aftermath of the attacks on 11th September. “The rebuilding of Saint Nicholas as a Shrine for the Nation is also […]
Orthodox Church’s top Patriarch to visit US, meet with Biden

RNS The spiritual leader of the world’s 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians brings an agenda spanning religious, political and environmental issues to a 12-day US visit beginning Saturday that includes a meeting with President Joe Biden and various ceremonial and interfaith gatherings. Making the latest of several trips to the country during his 30 years […]
Work resumes on church destroyed on 9/11

New York City, US AP After a three year halt due to financial problems, work resumed Monday on a Greek Orthodox church being built to replace one destroyed in the attack on the World Trade Center on 11th September, 2001. Archbishop Elpidophoros, the leader of the Greek Orthodox church in America, stood on a balcony […]
Greek Orthodox Church: For some, communion remains unchanged despite virus

ELENA BECATOROS and COSTAS KANTOURIS, of Associated Press, report…