More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.
Although no clergy were present, about two dozen Unalaskans took part in a starring ceremony Jan. 7 under the direction of ...
Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th. But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate ... When you enter the church it is filled with iconography, or painted images. The Christ story is everywhere.
All Saints Orthodox Church in Olyphant celebrated the second day of Christmas in honor of the Theotokos on Dec. 26.
the Orthodox Church disagreed with this proposal and, to this day, continues to rely on the Julian calendar. By 1923, Orthodox Christmas was taking place 13 days after Dec. 25. In May of 1923 ...
This is the first Christmas Syrians are celebrating ... past worshippers at the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo. [Getty Images] A young worshipper lights a candle during Orthodox ...
Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...
Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending ... Bashar al-Assad. Getty Images In Egypt, a priest representing the Coptic Orthodox Church - the Middle East's ...