Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

In his message, the Holy Father decried how obsession with efficiency, materialism, ambition, and self-centeredness has ...

Knowing God personally is very important, because we become unified with Him. The more we know Him, the stronger that unity ...

In some Eastern Churches this consecration is even reserved ... in order to be cleansed for the gift of the Holy Spirit. More intense prayer should prepare one to receive the strength and graces ...

O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make ... "into Your hands I commend my spirit." Lord Jesus, receive my soul. O queen of the holy rosary and most kind and loving ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

When the subject of prayer comes up in conversation, or people gather together to pray, the most common approach is to use ...

The Eucharist is not simply a cultural legacy. It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing ...

Wearing a bright saffron jacket and blue trackpants, and holding 'rudraksha' beads, Mr Modi chanted prayers ... filled with a spirit of devotion," he said. "The 'snan', or the 'holy dip', at ...

VATICAN— Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of February is for vocations ... even with our own things in the Church ...

“So the temple of Somnath was made to bow towards the holy Mecca, and the temple lowered its head and jumped into the sea, so you may say that the building first said its prayers and then had a ...

The full name of the holiday is the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the ...