Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7, following ancient traditions

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday ...

What is Orthodox Christmas? And why do people celebrate on January 7

What is Orthodox Christmas? And why do millions of people celebrate it on January 7 - The ancient church in the Roman Empire ...
Washington Times

When’s Easter? Pope wants end to differing dates in Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic traditions

Centuries of dispute between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches on how to calculate the date of Easter may come to an end if Pope Francis’ latest appeal is implemented. Meeting Nov. 19 with ...
TASS

Vatican cannot recognize OCU until all Orthodox Churches do — expert

Don Stefano Caprio recalled Pope Francis’ visit to Kazakhstan in September of last year for the VII Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions VATICAN, April 28. /TASS/. The Roman ...
Yahoo

Orthodox church, Greek Catholics to consider revising religious calendars.

Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and Metropolitan Svyatoslav, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met on Dec. 24 and agreed to consider revising their ...
Greek Reporter

Who Were the 20,000 Christian Martyrs of Nicomedia?

On December 28, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the death of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia who were burned to death ...