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 ...

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 ...

“There is no way he could have swallowed a 100 ml of water from the gesture I saw. He died from choking on mother’s milk. His parents overfed him.” Teodosie Petrescu, archbishop of the Romanian ...

Tens of thousands of people have reportedly signed an online petition for the Orthodox Church in Romania to stop immersing babies underwater during baptisms amid a growing backlash following the death ...

The Orthodox Church in Romania is facing growing criticism after a baby suffered a cardiac arrest and died following a baptism ceremony. Pressure to change the ritual, which involves immersing babies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...