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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Orthodox Christmas celebrated on January 7 in accordance with the Julian calendar continues to be a national holiday as well. The current Ukrainian government said the move stems from the need ...

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 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 ...

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.

Because some Orthodox church jurisdictions follow the “old calendar,” or Julian Calendar, which honors Christmas in January, and some the “new calendar,” which slates it for Dec. 25 ...