While some Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas January 7 following the Julian calendar, Father Yannick Provost, an Orthodox ...

The love for tradition kept the Eastern Orthodox Church from adopting the Gregorian calendar though it was based on reason ...

For millions of Orthodox believers, this date remains a sacred time to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, regardless of ...

Orthodox Christians gathered in Bethlehem to mark Christmas eve on Monday; unlike other branches of Christianity, the Orthodox Church marks Christmas on 7th January. The service took place in the ...

The Christmas holiday is in the rearview mirror for most people. But there is one more occasion on the religious end of the ...

As the service concludes, those gathered reflect on the beauty and mystical nature of Christ’s birth. They hold candles and ...

Over time, most Orthodox Christian countries adopted the Gregorian calendar for secular use. However, their churches continued to base their liturgical calendar on the Julian timeline. In 1923 ...

On the second day of Christmas, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk denounced Hungary's support for Russia and its decision to ...

The drama of this time of the Catholic liturgical calendar even includes changes ... Invoking the spirit of Christmas, leaders of Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Syriac, Armenian, and other churches ...

Christian theology professor Ephraim Radner thinks that’s a natural time to examine what makes each holiday distinct in order ...

A recent Newsweek story comments on the advances Russia has made across the border of the Moscow-controlled land, in the towns of Velyka Novosilka, Pokrovsk, Shevchenko, and Vuhledar, as reported by ...