Monday marks Christmas Eve for worshippers who follow the Julian Calendar. Saint Michael The Archangel Orthodox Church in Saint Clair held its Christmas Eve service on Monday night. Parishioners ...

Monday, Russian Orthodox Christians observed Christmas Eve with time-honored celebrations around the world. In honor of the holiday many churches, like St. John's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in ...

Traditions persist Many Orthodox Christians maintain particular traditions for Christmas Eve on Jan. 6, including a special meatless evening dinner that features particular ingredients and dishes.

The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, in his televised Christmas Eve message called for reconciliation and peace in a nation where conflict has been often fueled by ethnic ...

Orthodox Christmas began to be celebrated ... which lasts from November 28 to January 6. On Christmas Eve, the festive liturgy is served in all churches. At the end of the service, a lighted ...

The Orthodox residents of Russia and other countries ... lasted from November 28 of the last year until January 6. On Christmas Eve, they have special fasting, "until the first star," in memory ...

Tribune-Review Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 9:13 a.m. | Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 9:13 a.m. Worshipers gathered at St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in Monroeville to ...

If you weren’t aware, the Orthodox use a calendar of their own. According to that one, the Julian calendar, all three of the mentioned occasions – Christmas Eve, New Year’s and Mikołajki – each occur ...

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. Share Latest podcast episodes ...