Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve services will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, with Holy Supper, followed by Compline and Matins services, at St. John's, 92 St. John's ...

An excellent piece of reporting – and a must read for fans of spy novels – on how the West identified and tracked down a ...

Christmas for the Eastern Orthodox Church is next Tuesday, and for the Ukrainian community here in the Valley, it is both a time to celebrate and pray for peace.

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Following the Julian calendar, some Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas 13 days later than those who use the Gregorian ...

TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...

For those observing Orthodox Christmas, it's a time of self-reflection, prayer and healing. Following the Julian calendar, ...

The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former ...

As the clocks strike midnight, we Russian-speaking Israelis raise glasses of champagne and bite on a cracker smeared with ...