It’s a celebration. It’s a good thing.” The Orthodox Church adheres to the Julian calendar, which places its Christmas celebration later than Dec. 25 when it is recognized throughout almost ...

No more of Christmas in your heart. You can just go to one of the Orthodox Christian Christmas celebrations. While most Christmas trees have retreated to cardboard boxes waiting to make a year-end ...

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 7, 2025 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Orthodox Christmas ... I wish all those celebrating today a blessed and merry Christmas ...

Thousands of Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas on Monday, attending prayers and midnight mass, draped in an all-white traditional attire to mark the birth of Jesus Christ and the end of a ...

Orthodox Christians have gathered in Bethlehem this week, the city recognised as the birthplace of Jesus, to mark Christmas. Unlike most other Christian denominations, the Orthodox Church celebrates ...

To learn more about Orthodox Christmas, click on and check out this gallery. For much of the Western world, Christmas is celebrated on December 25, according to the Gregorian calendar.

Instead of cementing the final preparations for celebrating Orthodox Christmas with family and friends, members of a Winnipeg church were seeking updates on a fire in the city's Point Douglas ...

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 ...

This is the first Christmas Syrians are celebrating since the fall of their long-time ruler - former President Bashar al-Assad. Getty Images In Egypt, a priest representing the Coptic Orthodox ...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - 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 ...