A baptism near Athens, Greece two weeks ago for the children of a same-sex couple has earned an official protest from the Greek Orthodox Church. Fashion designer Peter Dundas and longtime partner ...

ATHENS, Greece — 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 baptized the children of celebrity fashion designer ...

HUNDREDS of parishioners from Hobart’s Greek Orthodox churches — St George and Holy Trinity — have marked St John’s Day in traditional fashion. A service was held at Long Beach, Sandy Bay, yesterday ...

An Orthodox Archbishop has been criticised for performing the "most violent baptism ever" in a video which has emerged on social media. The clip shows the enthusiastic Archbishop repeatedly dunk a ...

Twitter users have been outraged after bizarre footage emerged on social media showing a Orthodox bishop violently baptising a baby in water. In the clip the bishop swings the naked child by its arms ...

Scores of Greek Orthodox Christians flocked to Margate for an annual celebration marking the baptism of Jesus. The 'blessing of the sea' ceremony has taken place every year in the Kent town since the ...

Twitter users have got all hot under the collar after footage emerged of a priest baptising a little tot rather too vigorously A PRIEST has come under fire after appearing to baptise a tiny tot a ...

Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - For the end of the "painful events" in Ukraine, the Bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church want to look at the "spiritual ties between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples, born ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the July 9 ceremony near Athens while in Greece on a private visit. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Orthodox Church says it will ...