The 92-year-old retired garment worker had been expecting the troupe of white-robed men from St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church, who visit parishioners on Jan. 6, Christmas Eve to Orthodox ...

SAINT CLAIR — One-year-old Everleigh Mogish remained alert throughout her first Christmas Eve service Monday in St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church. Wide-eyed, cradled in her father’s ...

Zomchak said. About 75 people gathered inside the church, filled with prayer, singing and performing traditional Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas Eve Mass. “When we celebrate this on this Christmas ...

[Getty Images] A young worshipper lights a candle during Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. [Getty Images] Earlier, believers and religious leaders gathered at ...

Although no clergy were present, about two dozen Unalaskans took part in a starring ceremony Jan. 7 under the direction of ...

Thousands of Georgians marched through the streets of Tbilisi late on Monday on Orthodox Christmas Eve, gathering in front of parliament for a 40th day of anti-government demonstrations.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for peace in the Horn of Africa nation that has faced persistent conflict in recent years.

MAYFIELD, Pa. — A chilly January 7th Christmas celebration began at St. John's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Mayfield. A celebration that church sexton William Bowan has helped ring in for more ...

As Russia today marks Orthodox Christmas Eve, the suspect has been accused of concealing the firearm in his Santa disguise and shooting the local businessman in what has been described as an 'act ...

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 ...

Nik Lukich is a trustee at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Sydney and has been celebrating Christmas alongside the hundreds of millions of Orthodox Christians worldwide. The Orthodox ...