Orthodox Christmas explained: why millions celebrate on January 7, calendar differences, traditions, fasting, and global ...

Orthodox and Coptic Christians don’t believe Jesus was born on a different day; they just use a different calendar.

Orthodox Christmas on January 7 brings together diverse communities across the Middle East and the global diaspora, ...

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday.

Nearly two weeks after celebrating New Year, many Serbians did it again on Tuesday evening, this time according to old Orthodox Christian tradition ...

For many Christians, Easter was celebrated this year on March 31. But for Eastern Orthodox Christians, the celebration of Jesus Christ's Resurrection occurs more than a month later, on May 5. Most ...

An orthodox Ukrainian priest blesses believers as they collect traditional cakes and painted eggs prepared for an Orthodox Easter celebration at a church in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv on April 24, ...

The Rev. Stevhen Supica, left, of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Spokane removes Christ’s body from the cross and prepares to wrap it in a white cloth during a reenactment of the burial of ...

Christians in Gaza City are celebrating Christmas for a second year at war. While most Christians celebrate in December, many ...

Every year on or around Epiphany, a group of Eastern Orthodox Christian faithful from Denver forms a carpool caravan and drives three hours to the Continental Divide at Monarch Pass, Colo. They make ...

Traditionally, the great feast of the Epiphany marks the end of the extended period of Christmas holidays in Greece.