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 ...

Romania's Orthodox Church is under pressure to change its baptism ritual after a baby boy died following a ceremony in which he was immersed three times in water. Romania's Orthodox Church is under ...

The Orthodox Church is facing growing pressure to change baptism rituals in Romania after a baby died following a ceremony, which involves immersing infants three times in holy water. The six-week-old ...

SNOHOMISH — Ben Weatherhogge, 15, wasn’t afraid to plunge into the cold waters of Blackmans Lake on Jan. 6. The Everett High School freshman wasn’t doing a late New Year’s Polar Plunge. He did it so ...

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 ...

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 ...

CELEBRATED as a baby’s first taste of religion, viewers have been left shocked by how enthusiastically this baptism went. In footage that is trending online, the man of the cloth repeatedly dunks the ...

In Romania, a baby suffered cardiac arrest during a baptism ceremony and died. The tragedy has sparked a debate in the country about ancient practices and the Orthodox Church's controversial role in ...

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 ...

Romania’s Orthodox Church is under pressure to change its baptism ritual after a baby boy died following a ceremony in which he was immersed three times in water. More than 59,000 people have signed a ...