Eight new members were received into the Orthodox Church of Cuba during a mass baptism at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox ...

There is a growing shift from performing the Christian ritual of a traditional baptism to unconventional methods of being submerged into water as many pre-21st-century symbols of traditional church ...

SOFIA, BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers dived into the wintry waters of rivers and lakes across Bulgaria on Saturday to retrieve crucifixes cast by priests in ...

BUCHAREST -- The death of a 6-week-old infant after he was submerged while being baptized has sparked public outrage in Romania and led to calls for the centuries-old rite to be changed. The drama of ...

BUCHAREST, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Romania's Orthodox Church will continue immersing infants in water during baptism ceremonies, it said on Thursday, rejecting calls across the country to change the ritual ...

(AP) — Just months before the official opening of one of Christianity's holiest sites to visitors, the area where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus remains surrounded by thousands of ...