Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev spoke with EWTN about the importance of the Eucharist at the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 6. Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev ...

During Holy Week, which the Greek Orthodox church celebrates later than most Christian churches, services are filled with visual images of Jesus Christ’s last days. Picasa St. Luke Greek Orthodox ...

“The Eucharistic celebration is not only a commemoration of the Last Supper,” said Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, “but also its actualization for each believer who participates in it.” Metropolitan ...

Photo by MARK H. HUNTER -- The Rev. Mark Christian, priest of St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church, presents the Eucharist during the Jan. 4 service. Altar service Jack Craft, left, assists him.

The task for implementing the liturgical reform decreed by the Second Vatican Council fell to Pope St. Paul VI. The same process had been followed by the Council of Trent, entrusting the reform to Pop ...

Orthodox believers are called to pursue deification, or divine qualities, according to a Russian Orthodox leader. The most powerful way to do this, he says, is through the Eurcharist. Metropolitan ...