SAINT CLAIR – It was a day of joy in St. Michael the Archangel Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church on Monday as everyone celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord – Christmas &#8211… ...

Jan. 1—For those who observe Orthodox Christmas, the celebration begins Friday. Following the Julian calendar, some Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas 13 days later than those who use the ...

The young Hieromonk Nicholas (Kasatkin), who was appointed rector of this church in place of an elderly priest, Fr. Vasily Makhov, came to Japan in the summer of 1861. In his new motherland the future ...

12,224 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 ...

The Orthodox archbishop deals with the variance in the date surrounding the Nativity of Christ by leading a series of elaborate services at the monastery and elsewhere in Metro Vancouver on both ...

Pope Tawadros II of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church will lead on Saturday evening the first mass ever at the new Nativity of Christ Cathedral in the new administrative capital on the occasion of ...

Novak says the effort began on Friday. "We're also having two very large murals put up on the high parts of the walls, for the Nativity of Christ and the Resurrection of Christ," he said. Russian ...

20:25 President El-Sisi, accompanied by Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and other state officials, is set to arrive to the Nativity of the Christ Cathedral in the New Administrative Capital to ...

Port Adelaide’s Greek Orthodox Community of the Nativity of Christ has been badly damaged by fire. It’s believed nobody was inside at the time, but a mass had been held this morning ...

Orthodox practice is to begin Advent 40 days before Christmas; this period is called the "Nativity Fast," and comes before the "Nativity Feast" of Christmas.