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

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

In the dead of night, when some might be hesitant to answer a knock on their front door, Peggy Dimoff welcomed a group of ...

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

Tourists joined Ethiopians for Orthodox Christmas celebrations at one of the world's oldest churches on Tuesday.

Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th.But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th.For ...

The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its "alternative path of civilised ...

Orthodox Christians have gathered in Bethlehem this week, the city recognised as the birthplace of Jesus, to mark Christmas.

Orthodox Armenian Christians celebrated Christmas in Bethlehem on Saturday with a midnight mass. For the second straight year ...

Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for peace in the Horn of Africa nation that has faced persistent conflict in recent years ...

Thousands of Georgians marched through the streets of Tbilisi late on Monday on Orthodox Christmas Eve, gathering in front of parliament for a 40th day of anti-government demonstrations. Mass protests ...

The 92-year-old retired garment worker had been expecting the troupe of white-robed men from St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church, who visit parishioners on Jan. 6, Christmas Eve to Orthodox ...