Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has called for a ... attend church services on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day," the Russian Orthodox Church quoted its leader as saying in a statement ...

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 ...

MOSCOW, January 7. /TASS/. Orthodox Christians in Russia and other countries around the world are celebrating Christmas on January 7, an event which 2017 years ago marked the beginning of the new ...

Russia halted gas deliveries to the pro-Russia ... who were visiting them to celebrate Orthodox Christmas, and the hot Christmas dinner they would enjoy together.

The week before Christmas is known as the “pre-festive ... Urban noted that his diocese of the American Carpatho- Russian Orthodox Church has some churches that celebrate on the 25th, and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. For the first time in over a century, Ukrainians celebrated Christmas on December 25. The move marks an ongoing shift for the country in an attempt to break away ...

The Russian Orthodox Church, which claims sovereignty over Orthodoxy in Ukraine, and some other Eastern Orthodox churches continue to use the ancient Julian calendar. Christmas falls 13 days later ...

On the eve of the Orthodox Christmas, we talked with the Arch-priest of the St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Sydney Fr. Nikita Chemodakov. Share Latest podcast episodes ...

Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on 7 January. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine broke away from the Russian Orthodox church, and since 2023 now celebrates Christmas on December 25th.