Orthodox Christmas is the best time to admire the architecture of Poland’s Orthodox churches. Extremely varied, they range from woodworking masterpieces to more contemporary forms. The Polish ...

The authorities pursue any religious figure suspected of disloyalty. No one has immunity. Security forces show no reverence — ...

The Saturday night mass in the Orthodox Church that was mentioned in the introduction has become an outdoor procession in the Catholic Church. In Poland, the resurrection mass and procession are ...

then part of Prussia (now Szczecin in Poland), the daughter of a minor German prince. In 1745, after being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, and changing her name to Catherine ...