That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

By 1923, Orthodox Christmas was taking place 13 days after ... commemorating the Magi's visit to baby Jesus. Per Britannica, Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the holiday on Jan. 19 ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

Berzins believes that Eastern Orthodox Christmas should finally be recognized as a public holiday RIGA, February 22 (Itar-Tass) — Eastern Orthodox Christmas should become an official public ...

Often the gifts are left under a Christmas tree in the home. Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on 7 January. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine broke away from the Russian Orthodox church ...

spanning Eastern Europe, Egypt, and Ethiopia, and in Australia. Nik Lukich is a trustee at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Sydney and has been celebrating Christmas alongside the hundreds ...

All Saints Orthodox Church in Olyphant celebrated the second day of Christmas in honor of the Theotokos on Dec. 26.