Born on December 29, 1716 in the Tidewater of Virginia, Philip Ludwell III was America's first Orthodox convert.

Members of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church attend the Divine Liturgy during bright week in the Central West End on April 27, 2025. ST. LOUIS — A surge of people converting to Orthodox ...

Editor's note: This part 1 of an opinion series on churches of Orthodoxy. Look for part 2: "The shape of American Orthodoxy in 2040" next week. For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was ...

This is the second of two columns about converts to Orthodox Christianity in America. The Orthodox baptism rite includes a three-stage exorcism that is extremely detailed about the spiritual warfare ...

CHICO — Long before the Rev. Ian Shipley began leading Chico’s Orthodox Christian community, he converted to the faith at age 16, coming from a nonreligious household. “I was a hippie kid,” Shipley, a ...

The St. John Chrysostom Retreat is free, but reservations are required. CANTON − The Very Rev. Charles Powell took an unusual path to becoming a priest and pastor of an Orthodox church. Powell was a ...