On November 28, the Nativity or Christmas Fast (aka Phillip’s Fast) began for Orthodox Christians on November 28. The fast runs for 40 days through January 6, when the Russian Orthodox Church ...

A few months ago I recorded a choir at a Russian Orthodox church which really opened my ... year known in the eastern Churches as The Nativity Fast, the forty days leading up to Christmas.

The 15th annual Troika Festival will take place May 23-25 at the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity Community Center ... experience Barynya dancing, a fast Russian folk dance.

Following the old Julian calendar, the Russian Orthodox celebrates the Nativity of Christ Jan. 6-7. A few dozen congregants celebrated with a Holy Supper on Friday to cap 40 days of fasting ...

The Troika Festival has kicked off in the historic East Bayfront neighborhood, celebrating Russian culture at the Russian Old ...

In the southern Black Sea port of Odesa, churchgoers prayed and lit candles as priests in gold vestments held Christmas Eve service in the Cathedral of the Nativity, decorated with fir trees and a ...

In general, fast days for Orthodox Christians are all Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year (except for fast-free periods), the four canonical fast periods of Great Lent, Nativity Fast ... In the ...

Learning to speak Russian, he said, is not necessary; everything is in English. Services are conducted largely by Gregorian chant or sung ... only to Russian Orthodox church members.

21 (UPI) --The Orthodox Church of Ukraine will observe Christmas ... third' countries for Ukraine war in address The 40-day nativity fast begins six weeks before Christmas. With the OCU ...

Whatever draws you to the Troika Festival, it's almost time to head to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity's Community Center, 109 German St. Troika will take place there Friday ...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church formally changed the main date for the festivities, departing from the Russian tradition ... children perform skits of the Nativity story on central streets of ...

The Rev. Alexis Duncan: Priest at Church of Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Russian Orthodox Church in Colonie. Background: Born and raised in Virginia in a Russian Orthodox family.