Traditions vary, but typically the main worship service for Orthodox Christians takes place the night before Christmas, which is Jan. 7. Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church ...

Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church ... and lamented that the conflict has forced many to abandon Christmas folk traditions that prohibit sewing and hunting.

Ukraine has passed legislation moving its official Christmas holiday to December 25, further distancing itself from the traditions of the Putin-aligned Russian Orthodox Church, which celebrates ...

Bulgarian and other traditions. But the Russian Orthodox Church, the largest communion in Eastern Orthodoxy, has stayed on the old calendar, observing Christmas on Jan. 7 on the new calendar ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his congratulations to all Russian people on Orthodox Christmas holiday ... for us are parental, family traditions that are being handed down from ...

On Sunday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed his nation and led its citizens in a short prayer to usher in Christmas ... the guidance of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Urban noted that his diocese of the American Carpatho- Russian Orthodox ... church itself.” Traditions persist Many Orthodox Christians maintain particular traditions for Christmas Eve on ...

Following the old Julian calendar, the Russian Orthodox celebrates ... featuring a customary menu of pre-Christmas fasting dishes, a Slavic/Eastern European tradition. Christmas Eve Compline ...

Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians ... a law moving his nation's official Christmas Day holiday from Jan. 7 to Dec. 25. This was done as a way to abandon Russian heritage surrounding the holiday ...