Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While a majority of the Christian world celebrates Christmas Day on December 25, for many of the ...

Nik Lukich is a trustee at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Sydney and has been celebrating Christmas alongside the hundreds of millions of Orthodox Christians worldwide. The Orthodox ...

Unalaska’s Church of the Holy Ascension hasn’t had a resident priest for a few months, but that didn’t stop parishioners from ...

Putin pointed out that the Orthodox Christmas in Russia is celebrated as widely as the New Year. "Perhaps, it [Christmas] is more of a family-like holiday if compared to the New Year," he said.

Vladimir Putin has marked Russian Orthodox Christmas by attending church in Moscow alongside fighters in his war against Ukraine and their families - despite being responsible for hundreds of ...

7. Because some Orthodox church jurisdictions follow the “old calendar,” or Julian Calendar, which honors Christmas in January, and some the “new calendar,” which slates it for Dec.

MOSCOW, January 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his congratulations to all Russian people on Orthodox Christmas holiday, pointing out to the Russian Orthodox Church’s ...