Pew Research Center

Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century

Mgvimevi Monastery church, near the city of Chiatura in the Imereti region of Georgia. Over the last century, the Orthodox Christian population around the world has more than doubled and now stands at ...
The Christian Century

The Great and Holy Council maps an Eastern Orthodox future

Perhaps the most significant thing about the Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church that met in June in Crete is that it took place at all. The Eastern Orthodox churches hadn’t met in this way ...
Pew Research Center

3. Orthodox Christians support key church policies, are lukewarm toward reconciling with Roman Catholic Church

A host of disputes – ranging from theological to political – have divided Orthodoxy from Catholicism for nearly 1,000 years. But while some leaders on both sides have tried to resolve them, fewer than ...
The New York Times

Eastern Orthodox Church

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups. By Ben Hubbard and Motoko Rich Stephen Hubbard was a ...