28/22 News spoke with Archpriest Michael Lepa of St. Nicholas Russian ... Julian Calendar,” Lepa continued. While the dates may be different, most of the traditions of Orthodox Christmas are ...

Area residents celebrated Russian Orthodox Christmas on Tuesday. A majority of Russian Orthodox churches worldwide use the Julian calendar, which celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7, instead of using ...

The Russian Orthodox Church – which still claims sovereignty over Ukraine’s orthodox Christians – marks Christmas in early January in line with the ancient Julian calendar. In January 2023 ...

Ukrainians were marking their second Christmas on Wednesday, according to a new calendar in another step towards erasing Russian influence. Most Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians and the ...