Following the Julian calendar, some Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas 13 days later than those who use the Gregorian calendar. At Christ the Saviour Cathedral, 300 Garfield St., Johnstown ...

Mary and Joseph kneel at the crib of the infant Christ in this detail of an icon from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Analyzing the Nativity icon in its Orthodox Byzantine rendering, we see ...

The Orthodox ... the Mass of Christ’s birth on Dec. 25 each year. Eastern Christians, who follow the more ancient Julian Calendar for religious dates, observe the Feast of the Nativity on ...

The meaning of the Nativity of Christ to Puhalo is revealed in the lavish Orthodox icons on display throughout the monastery. Many give a prominent role to Mary, mother of Jesus. The archbishop ...

Icons' roots are in Byzantine culture and history, and Eastern Orthodox icons often portray Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and numerous saints and martyrs. The majority are painted in egg tempera on ...

But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th ... gave NBC Montana an explanation of dozens of the icons. You can see the Nativity Scene is in the process of being repaired.

icons are called windows into heaven. So they all tell a story about the life of Christ and the apostles and the saints," said Paul Novak, St. Matthew Orthodox Church parish council president.

Orthodox Christians ... the Church of the Nativity. In Moscow, the Russian Orthodox Church's Patriarch Kirill - or Cyril - led the Divine Liturgy service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Whether or not you believe Jesus Christ is the son of God ... girl plays with a little Jesus in a Nativity scene during the festivities marking the Orthodox Christmas in a village not far from ...

The full name of the holiday is the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers ... three events at once — the Nativity of Christ, the coming ...

Salome (right) and the midwife "Emea" (left), bathing the infant Jesus, are common figures in Orthodox icons of the Nativity of Jesus; here in a 12th-century fresco from Cappadocia. (photo ...

The mass will be broadcasted live on television. The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ is a Coptic Orthodox cathedral in the NAC, Egypt, some 45 km east of Cairo. It was commissioned by President ...