All Eastern Orthodox kept to the old calendar until 1923, when an inter-Orthodox gathering adopted a revised Julian calendar that essentially mirrors the Gregorian.

For much of the Western world, Christmas is celebrated on December 25, according to the Gregorian calendar. Yet in a distinction that dates back centuries, Orthodox Christians follow the Julian ...

This is instead of the Gregorian calendar, which is widely used by most countries today – and that Great Britain, for example, changed to hundreds of years ago in 1752. The Julian Calendar was ...

In the Eastern Church, however, the liturgical calendar remained based on the Julian calendar for several more centuries. In the 20th century, most Orthodox churches adopted a revised version of ...

The Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has approved switching to the new Julian calendar from Sept. 1. It means the Church will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7.

Friday is Christmas Eve for Orthodox Christians around the world. A member of the Orthodox faith in British Columbia, Canada, talks about her community's holiday traditions.

KYIV, Ukraine — Willow branches in hand, Ukrainians marked Palm Sunday on the Orthodox calendar at the country’s most revered Orthodox site, which has been at the heart of a religious dispute ...

Many Orthodox Christian churches, including those in Jerusalem, Egypt, Greece, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine, use the Julian calendar, which is based on the time it takes the Earth to go around the ...

Previously the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Greek Catholics had celebrated Christmas only on Jan. 7 (Gregorian calendar) - on the same day as Russia.

Thousands of Christians thronged Jerusalem on Saturday for the traditional Holy Fire rite ahead of the Orthodox Easter, despite a security clampdown in the holy city.The ancient Church of the Holy ...

Orthodox churches still use the Julian calendar, rather than the newer Gregorian calendar, and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7. ... In Russia, Orthodox Christmas celebrations were also underway.