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

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

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

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

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

At least 20 Christians were killed and three churches bombed by the Israeli army since October 2023, according to Palestinian ...

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 ...

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 ...

Millions of Christians worldwide celebrate Christmas on January 7, not December 25, due to differing calendar traditions.

The Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople has expressed a desire that Christians in the East and the West begin celebrating Easter on a “unified date” rather than adhere to separate Lenten ...

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began three weeks ago, it’s likely you’ve heard the term Russian World (or Russkii Mir). It’s easy to conflate this concept with nostalgia for the Soviet Union ...

Every year, for millions of Christians worldwide, Christmas falls on January 7 rather than December 25. The difference exists ...