If that surname sounds familiar, yes — it’s a character from the popular and internationally acclaimed series “Shtisel,” about an Israeli haredi Orthodox family. Now Gabay has reprised ...

Russia and Ukraine on Sunday (April 20, 2025) accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian ...

Previous attempts at holding ceasefires for Easter in April 2022 and Orthodox Christmas in January 2023 were not implemented after both sides failed to agree on them.

The ceasefire announcement has echoes of January 2023, when Mr Putin ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a 36-hour truce for Orthodox Christmas. At that time, Mr Zelenskyy stopped short of ...

He said: “Thirty days could give peace a chance.” Russia previously declared a unilateral truce for the Eastern Orthodox Christmas in January 2023. At the time, Mr. Zelensky dismissed the idea ...

Russia has offered brief truces before during its three-year invasion of Ukraine, notably a proposal for a cessation of hostilities during the Orthodox Christmas period in 2023. Trump has ...

In January 2023, Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had stopped short of stating ...

Hours after declaring the ceasefire, Putin attended an Orthodox Easter service at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, alongside the city’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin and other worshippers ...

In January 2023, Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had stopped short of stating ...