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Orthodox Christians entered the period of Great Lent, a time of preparation for the feast of Easter, which, according to the ...

In the west, Ash Wednesday opens the holiday. In Eastern Orthodox churches, Lent begins on the Monday seven weeks before Easter and Ash Wednesday is not observed. Today, Christians use the holiday ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. For the most part, it is Christians in the Serbian Orthodox Church who celebrate Christmas in Kosovo, but there are also some Roman ...

Celebrations continue through until 6 January which marks the date for orthodox Christmas or the Feast of the Epiphany for non-Orthodox Christians. During these celebrations there are two very special ...

His Christmas improvement — “a big ... “holiday” songs certainly dominate in some, while orthodox hymns set the tone for others. All in all, the existing shows seem mostly innocuous, maybe even ...

Recently, however, he noted a subtle shift: “During the Orthodox Christmas interviews in early January, several priests sent to the Ukrainian front reported to Patriarch Kirill that the Russian ...

I’d been to different Mass services with friends and family at times, but I’d never attended a Greek Orthodox service before. When I asked during one of our FaceTime calls if I’d be expected to attend ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew leads the official door-opening ceremony of lower Manhattan’s St ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — The top figure in Eastern Orthodox Christianity on Sunday declared that “Ukraine’s sovereignty is not up for debate, nor can it be negotiated under the guise of diplomacy ...

(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A large rosary hangs on a wall as Raheel Yelda Nissan, a Syriac Orthodox Christian, prepares tea in the northeastern Syrian village of Tel Tal, which is currently controlled ...