Julia Maruca Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 a.m. | Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 a.m. On a blustery, snowy Saturday afternoon at Twin Lakes Park east of Greensburg, a little over a dozen people huddled ...

On January 7, Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalemite, Polish and Serbian Orthodox churches, the Athos monasteries in Greece, as well as the Eastern Catholic Church and the ...

There are more than 200 million members of the Orthodox Church worldwide, spanning Eastern Europe, Egypt, and Ethiopia, and in Australia. Nik Lukich is a trustee at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox ...

Monday, Russian Orthodox Christians observed Christmas Eve with time-honored celebrations around the world. In honor of the holiday many churches, like St. John's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in ...

For centuries, churches have used different methods to calculate the date of Easter. Rarely do they coincide. The search for ...

Christmas is a Christian holy day that marks the birth of Jesus, who Christians believe to be the Son of God. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was full with people returning ...

Until 1917, Christmas had been one of the official holidays in the Russian Empire. It had not been celebrated in Russia until the 1990s MOSCOW, January 6. /TASS/. On January 7, Orthodox Christians ...

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25, but Tuesday marked the birth of Christ for many others. For most of the world, the ...