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

Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world ...

The Christmas season isn’t over, at least not for the handful of orthodox Christian churches that follow the Julian Calendar ...

Traditionally Christmas falls on the 25th of December and the last day of the festival is observed on January 5th of the succeeding month/year. However, Orthodox christians especially in Europe, the ...

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

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church and some other Oriental Orthodox churches – distinct from Eastern Orthodox but sharing many ...

Poland's Orthodox Christian community is preparing to celebrate Christmas on Tuesday, following the Julian calendar.

Saint Basil is remembered by the Greek people as the figure who bore gifts and helped children and the poor at Christmastime.

According to Greek folklore, a group of tiny goblins, called kalikantzaroi, come out during Christmas hoping to wreak some ...