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

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

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

The Nativity Icon was on display during the Eve of the Nativity of Christ services at St. John’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral ...

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

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Often when a potential convert walks through the doors of his church, one of the first things the Very Rev. Andreas Blom encourages them to do is give up the thing that brought them ...

While Christmas 2025 is beginning to fade into the past for many people, Christians in many Eastern Orthodox churches are ...

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 ...

FILE - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, center, delivers the Christmas service in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Friday. While much of the world has Christmas in the rearview ...

Born on December 29, 1716 in the Tidewater of Virginia, Philip Ludwell III was America's first Orthodox convert.