Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, Russia and around the world celebrate Easter this Sunday. Accessibility links. ... In photos: Orthodox Easter throughout the world May 05, 2024 9:21 AM ...

In Ethiopia, where there are more than 36 million Orthodox Christians, priests led believers to mark Christmas Eve - or Gena - at Saint Mary's Church in Lalibela. Getty Images ...

Jerusalem, Mar 26, 2024 / 17:00 pm. As the Catholic Church in the Holy Land entered Holy Week by literally retracing the steps of Jesus’ passion in Jerusalem, the Orthodox churches took their ...

Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas on Saturday in St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Wilkes-Barre, with the Very Rev. Archpriest Michael Lepa officiating. A majority of Russian Orthodox ...

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A prayer service marking the third anniversary of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine takes place Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Whitehall Township.

The ecumenical patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, fulfilled a 10-year promise to mark Easter on the Turkish island of Gokceada where he was born.

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