Vladimir Putin and the patriarch of Russia’s Orthodox ... which celebrates Christmas on January 7 in line with the Julian calendar, has been a vocal supporter of the Russian president’s ...

As a rule, the Russian President celebrates Christmas outside Moscow MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. On Orthodox Christmas Russian President Vladimir Putin will as usual attend a church service ...

With strong traditions and the gathering ... In Russia, Vladimir Putin attended the Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow. The Russian Orthodox Church is the world's largest Orthodox denomination.

Unalaska’s Church of the Holy Ascension hasn’t had a resident priest for a few months, but that didn’t stop parishioners from ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his congratulations to all Russian people on Orthodox Christmas holiday ... for us are parental, family traditions that are being handed down from ...

Urban noted that his diocese of the American Carpatho- Russian Orthodox ... church itself.” Traditions persist Many Orthodox Christians maintain particular traditions for Christmas Eve on ...

Vladimir Putin has marked Russian Orthodox Christmas by attending church in ... feel how important paternal, family traditions are for us, passed down from generation to generation.” ...

Two calendars – Three holidays Due to calendar differences most Orthodox Churches including the Greek Orthodox, Ethiopian, Russian ... unique traditions in their celebration of Christmas ...

Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians ... a law moving his nation's official Christmas Day holiday from Jan. 7 to Dec. 25. This was done as a way to abandon Russian heritage surrounding the holiday ...

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. Independent news and stories connecting you to life ...