Christmas is still in full-swing for the 12% of Christians globally who are Orthodox and celebrate the holiday during the first week of January. Orthodox Christians, who are estimated to number ...

KYIV, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Ukrainian couple Lesia Shestakova, a Catholic, and Oleksandr Shestakov, an Orthodox believer, will for the first time celebrate Christmas together on Dec. 25. Ukraine ...

Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Orthodox Christians packed churches on Friday evening for Christmas Eve services, a holiday darkened for many by the conflict raging between Orthodox neighbors Russia and Ukraine.

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Almost two weeks ago, many celebrated Christmas but Monday night, members of the Saints Peter and Paul Church in Youngstown celebrated the Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas ...

Putin pointed out that the Orthodox Christmas in Russia is celebrated as widely as the New Year. "Perhaps, it [Christmas] is more of a family-like holiday if compared to the New Year," he said.

Ukrainians living in the UK are beginning to celebrate Orthodox Christmas. The community marks Christmas Eve on 6 January and a group of refugees gathered at St James Church Hall in Bristol for 12 ...

7. 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.

Christmas celebrations of the Eastern Orthodox churches began in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Saturday. Syrian Orthodox Patriarchal Vicar of the Holy Land and Jordan, Archbishop Mar Swerios ...