The attack came as Ukraine was celebrating Christmas on December 25 for only the second time. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine chose to move the Christian day of celebration from January 7 to 13 ...

prompting him to distribute crosses with his initials to soldiers before sending them to die on Ukrainian soil. On Orthodox Christmas, marked by Russian occupiers on Jan. 7, Russian Orthodox ...

Russia is accused of targeting in particular Evangelical Christian communities in Ukraine's occupied Kherson region.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church elects its primate and ... of newspapers and magazines featuring the words “Russian,” and Christmas or Easter sermons of the Russian Church patriarch.

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 ...

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has called for a Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine and Donbass ... 6 to 12:00 a.m. on January 7 so that Orthodox people could attend church services ...

BUDAPEST, December 20. /TASS/. Hungary still hopes that Russia and Ukraine may agree on a ceasefire and a large-scale exchange of prisoners by Orthodox Christmas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor ...

The creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) on December 15, at a Unification Council in Kyiv attended by representatives of three previously divided Orthodox jurisdictions in Ukraine ...

Meanwhile in Georgia, protesters are celebrating Orthodox Christmas on their 40th consecutive ... spoke about Russia's military operation in Ukraine. "Let us ask the Lord that the terrible civil ...

The timing was significant — it was posted on the same day that the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas Eve, though the Ukrainian church switched in 2023 to celebrating Christmas on Dec ...