While most Christian communities around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25 or on the eve of December 24, those following the Eastern Orthodox traditions mark the day on January 6 or ...

the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Athos monasteries and some Protestants and Catholics of the Eastern Rite also celebrate Christmas on January 7 or December 25 according to the Julian calendar.

Often the gifts are left under a Christmas tree in the home. Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on 7 January. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine broke away from the Russian Orthodox church ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has held an inauguration ceremony for its new Archbishop Joan, who succeeded Archbishop Anastasios following his death in January ...

Starting from the IV century, Christmas and Epiphany ... been preserved by the ancient Eastern churches — the Armenian Apostolic (January 6) and the Coptic Orthodox (January 7).

spanning Eastern Europe, Egypt, and Ethiopia, and in Australia. Nik Lukich is a trustee at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Sydney and has been celebrating Christmas alongside the hundreds ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 TIRANA, ...