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.

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 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.