“This bright, much-awaited holiday is dear to millions of people all over the world. It gives believers joy and hope and inspires good thoughts, deeds and actions. During the Christmas season we ...

A civilian woman was injured in Russian airstrikes on the village of Zolochiv in Kharkiv Oblast on the evening of 6 January.

Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers in Bulgaria on Monday braved the freezing winter weather to plunge into icy waters as they observed centuries-old Epiphany traditions ...

Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas Eve today, preparing for the most joyful Christian holiday, the Birth of Jesus Christ ...

A renegade part of Moldova once boasted it would become a Russian-speaking Switzerland. Now without gas, its leader assured ...

As both a Catholic convert and ethnic Jew, Art Blumberg reflects on complicated spiritual realities on pilgrimage to the Western Wall.

The Magi’s visit to Jesus, the first miracle performed by Jesus and the baptism of Jesus are central to celebrations on the ...

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 ...

When recently asked at a press conference whether he believes Russia’s war with Ukraine will end in 2025, Vladimir Putin gave ...

Six members of either party are affiliated with one of several Orthodox Christian denominations – two fewer than in the 118th ...

It was ordered to decorate Moscow’s main streets and the homes of the nobility with conifer trees and branches. The New Year festivities lasted for seven days, topping the holiday off with a bonfire ...