More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

The Russian Orthodox Church did not recognize these ... ears of corn and other decorations. Christmas had not been celebrated in Russia until the 1990s. On December 27, 1990, the Supreme Council ...

Monday, Russian Orthodox Christians observed Christmas Eve with time-honored celebrations around the world. In honor of the holiday many churches, like St. John's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas service ...