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 ...

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 ...

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

Zomchak said. About 75 people gathered inside the church, filled with prayer, singing and performing traditional Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas Eve Mass. “When we celebrate this on this Christmas ...

Many countries celebrated Jan. 1 as first day of the new year and the Gregorian calendar. Here are some people who welcome ...

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 ...

In the dead of night, when some might be hesitant to answer a knock on their front door, Peggy Dimoff welcomed a group of revelers into her home on the edge of town. The 92-year-old retired garment ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads a Christmas Eve mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem - said to be the birthplace of Jesus. Children singing religious songs ...

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 ...

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 ...