Because some Orthodox church jurisdictions follow the “old calendar,” or Julian Calendar, which honors Christmas in January, and some the “new calendar,” which slates it for Dec. 25 ...

Let us console and support people who have lost heart and shield with our prayer ... January 7 is also Christmas day for Orthodox Christians in Serbia, Jerusalem, Georgia, and the monastic ...

TASS/. Ahead of Russian Orthodox Christmas (celebrated on January 7), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has called for the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ to be revered with good deeds ...