The solemn procession and the meeting of the Patriarch that symbolizes the meeting with the Infant Christ took place in the famous Manger Square opposite the Church of the Nativity of Christ in ...

While the memories of Western Christmas are fading away, millions of Eastern Orthodox Christians will celebrate their Christmas Sunday, which they prefer to call the Nativity of Christ.

The main traditions of the holiday. On January 7, the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ according to the Julian calendar is celebrated by believers of the Orthodox rite in a number of churches, ...

Jan. 4—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — For those who observe Orthodox Christmas, the celebration begins Sunday. Following the Julian calendar, some Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas 13 days later than ...