Catholic and Orthodox — fall on the same date, April 20, due to the alignment of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Friars Student Writing Contest, a partnership for many years between the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor and the Register, has seen three Toronto high school students honoured for their ...

The scene is unprecedented. Under the Roman sun, 20 leaders of the main Christian churches jointly blessed a crowd of 18,000 gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Among them is Pope ...

So he decided to take direct action, and in 325 convened the first ecumenical council at Nicaea, inviting all bishops in the empire. The Council of Nicaea It is here that the story gets fun. More than ...

I’m not surprised to hear that many have never heard of Saint Nicholas, Arianism, or the Council of Nicaea. Modern Christians simply don’t often think about our ‘church fathers’ (loosely defined as ...

The year 2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea near Constantinople in 325. This commemoration provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the shared ...

In addition to my personal journey as a member of the Catholic Church, I enter an extraordinary year of intentional focus on faith and spirituality. The Church unites in celebrating the Jubilee Year, ...

Unsurprisingly, some in Eastern Europe view the current US-Russia talks over Ukraine’s future as a revival of this kind of ...

A London council has become the first in the country to ban smartphones from all of its schools, in a new rule which will affect more than 60,000 pupils. School pupils in Barnet, north London ...

A Reform politician has won a council by-election in Wales for the first time to fill a vacancy on Torfaen Borough Council following the resignation of a Labour councillor. Newly-elected ...